About the Authors

Martin S. Glas

mglas@mpi-bremen.de

Affiliations Biogeochemistry Department, Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Katharina E. Fabricius

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Dirk de Beer

Affiliation Biogeochemistry Department, Microsensor Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

Sven Uthicke

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSG SU KEF. Performed the experiments: MSG. Analyzed the data: MSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF DDB SU. Wrote the paper: MSG KEF DDB SU.