About the Authors

Giulia Gatti

gatti.giulia25@gmail.com

Affiliation DiSTAV, Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, Genoa, Italy

Carlo Nike Bianchi

Affiliation DiSTAV, Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, Genoa, Italy

Valeriano Parravicini

Affiliation CRIOBE, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, LABEX ‘CORAIL’, University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France

Alessio Rovere

Affiliations MARUM, University of Bremen, & ZMT, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Leobener Str., Bremen, Germany, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York, United States of America

Andrea Peirano

Affiliation ENEA, Marine Environment Research Centre, C.P. 224, La Spezia, Italy

Monica Montefalcone

Affiliation DiSTAV, Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, Genoa, Italy

Francesco Massa

Affiliation DiSTAV, Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, Genoa, Italy

Carla Morri

Affiliation DiSTAV, Department of the Earth, Environment and Life Sciences, University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CNB CM AP. Performed the experiments: CNB GG CM VP AP AR. Analyzed the data: CNB GG FM CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FM CM AP. Wrote the paper: CNB GG MM CM VP AR.