About the Authors

Lee Shaish

Affiliation Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel Shikmona, Haifa, Israel

Baruch Rinkevich

buki@ocean.org.il

Affiliation Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, National Institute of Oceanography, Tel Shikmona, Haifa, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS BR. Performed the experiments: LS. Analyzed the data: LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS BR. Wrote the paper: LS BR.