About the Authors

Ana Mendonça

amendonca@uac.pt

Affiliation Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal,

Javier Arístegui

Affiliation Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain

Juan Carlos Vilas

Affiliation Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain

Maria Fernanda Montero

Affiliation Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain

Alicia Ojeda

Affiliation Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas, Gran Canaria, Spain

Minerva Espino

Affiliation Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain

Ana Martins

Affiliation Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA. Performed the experiments: AM JCV MFM AO ME. Analyzed the data: AM JA JCV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA AM. Wrote the paper: AM. Manuscript review: JA AM.