About the Authors

Joan B. Company

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: batista@icm.csic.es

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Pere Puig

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Francesc Sardà

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Albert Palanques

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Mikel Latasa

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

Renate Scharek

Affiliation Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO), Gijón, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC PP. Analyzed the data: JC PP FS AP ML RS. Wrote the paper: JC PP FS AP ML RS. Other: Contributed equally to the integration of data and writing: JC PP. Contributed to the establishment and ulterior testing of the posted hypotheses: JC PP.