About the Authors

Louise Kregting

l.kregting@qub.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom, Queen’s University Marine Laboratory, Queen’s University Belfast, (The Strand) Portaferry, Northern Ireland, BT22 1PF, United Kingdom

Bjoern Elsaesser

Current address: DHI Water & Environment, Agern Allé 5, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark

Affiliation School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

Robert Kennedy

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

David Smyth

Current address: Environmental Studies Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Affiliation School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

Jack O’Carroll

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Graham Savidge

Affiliation Queen’s University Marine Laboratory, Queen’s University Belfast, (The Strand) Portaferry, Northern Ireland, BT22 1PF, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LK BE DS GS RK. Performed the experiments: DS LK. Analyzed the data: JOC RK DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BE RK. Wrote the paper: LK BE RK DS JOC GS.