About the Authors

Gerardo I. Zardi

Contributed equally to this work with: Gerardo I. Zardi, Katy R. Nicastro

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Katy R. Nicastro

Contributed equally to this work with: Gerardo I. Zardi, Katy R. Nicastro

katynicastro@yahoo.it

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Fernando Canovas

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Joana Ferreira Costa

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Ester A. Serrão

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Gareth A. Pearson

Affiliation CCMAR-CIMAR Laboratório Associado, Universidade do Algarve, Gambelas, Faro, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GIZ KRN FC EAS GAP. Performed the experiments: GIZ KRN JFC. Analyzed the data: KRN FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAS GAP. Wrote the paper: GIZ KRN EAS GAP.