About the Authors

Christian Fritz

f.c@gmx.li

Current address: Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Affiliations Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Leon P. M. Lamers

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Muhammad Riaz

Affiliations Department of Environmental Science, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Leon J. L. van den Berg

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Theo J. T. M. Elzenga

Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CF MR LJLvdB LPML. Performed the experiments: CF MR LJLvdB. Analyzed the data: CF LJLvdB TJTME MR LPML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CF TJTME MR. Wrote the paper: CF LPML TJTME LJLvdB.