About the Authors

Elisabeth Debusschere

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

Affiliation Department of Information Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Aline Bajek

Affiliation Ecloserie Marine de Gravelines, Gravelines, France

Dick Botteldooren

Affiliation Department of Information Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Kris Hostens

Affiliation Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium

Jan Vanaverbeke

Affiliation Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Sofie Vandendriessche

Affiliation Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium

Karl Van Ginderdeuren

Affiliation Bio-environmental research group, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Oostende, Belgium

Magda Vincx

Affiliation Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Steven Degraer

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.