About the Authors
- Elisabeth Debusschere
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* E-mail: Elisabeth.Debusschere@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
Affiliations Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Bert De Coensel
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Affiliation Department of Information Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Aline Bajek
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Affiliation Ecloserie Marine de Gravelines, Gravelines, France
- Dick Botteldooren
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Affiliation Department of Information Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Kris Hostens
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Affiliation Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium
- Jan Vanaverbeke
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Affiliation Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Sofie Vandendriessche
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Affiliation Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium
- Karl Van Ginderdeuren
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Affiliation Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium
- Magda Vincx
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Affiliation Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Steven Degraer
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Affiliations Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
Co-author Aline Bajek is employed by Ecloserie Marine de Gravelines. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ED DB KH SV SD. Performed the experiments: ED KH KVG. Analyzed the data: ED JV BDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BDC AB JV. Wrote the paper: ED BDC DB KH JV SV KVG MV SD. Taught the authors how to rear sea bass and provided the sea bass: AB.