About the Authors

Marie Moftah

Affiliation Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Sayeda H. Abdel Aziz

Affiliation Oceanography Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Sara Elramah

Affiliations Oceanography Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, University de Bordeaux, IINS, UMR 5297, F-33000 Bordeaux, France, CNRS, IINS, UMR 5297, F-33000 Bordeaux, France

Alexandre Favereaux

alexandre.favereaux@u-bordeaux2.fr

Affiliations University de Bordeaux, IINS, UMR 5297, F-33000 Bordeaux, France, CNRS, IINS, UMR 5297, F-33000 Bordeaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM SAA SER AF. Performed the experiments: SER AF. Analyzed the data: MM SAA SER AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM SAA AF. Wrote the paper: MM SAA SER AF.