About the Authors

Irene S. Fortune

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Alethea S. Madgett

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The National Decommissioning Centre, Main Street, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, University of Aberdeen, School of Engineering, Fraser Noble Building, Kings College, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Ann Scarborough Bull

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Natalie Hicks

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom

Milton S. Love

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

David M. Paterson

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

d.paterson@st-andrews.ac.uk

Affiliation Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.