About the Authors

Thorsten Stoeck

Affiliation Department of Ecology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Jennifer Kasper

Affiliation Department of Ecology, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany

John Bunge

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Chesley Leslin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Valya Ilyin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Slava Epstein

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: s.epstein@neu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SE TS JB. Performed the experiments: TS JK JB VI CL. Analyzed the data: SE TS JK JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE TS JB VI CL. Wrote the paper: SE TS JB.