About the Authors
- Lennart Balk
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* E-mail: lennart.balk@itm.su.se (LB); tomas.hansson@itm.su.se (TH)
Affiliation Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Ketil Hylland
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Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
- Tomas Hansson
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* E-mail: lennart.balk@itm.su.se (LB); tomas.hansson@itm.su.se (TH)
Affiliation Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Marc H. G. Berntssen
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Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen, Norway
- Jonny Beyer
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Affiliations International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Stavanger, Norway, Department of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
- Grete Jonsson
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Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
- Alf Melbye
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Affiliation Marine Environmental Technology, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Trondheim, Norway
- Merete Grung
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Affiliation Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway
- Bente E. Torstensen
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Affiliation National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen, Norway
- Jan Fredrik Børseth
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Affiliation International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS), Stavanger, Norway
- Halldora Skarphedinsdottir
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Affiliation Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Jarle Klungsøyr
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Affiliation Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Bergen, Norway
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Alf Melbye is employed by SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Trondheim, Norway), which is a commercial company. This circumstance does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LB KH JK. Analyzed the data: LB KH TH JK. Wrote the paper: LB KH TH MHGB BET JK. Performed the field sampling: JB JK. Performed the laboratory analyses: MHGB JB GJ AM MG BET JFB HS JK.