About the Authors

Christopher R. German

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eva Ramirez-Llodra

ezr@icm.csic.es

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain

Maria C. Baker

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

Paul A. Tyler

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

and the ChEss Scientific Steering Committee

Membership of the ChEss Scientific Steering Committee is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: CRG ER-L MCB PAT. Contributed to the review: CRG ER-L MCB PAT.