About the Authors

Roberto Danovaro

r.danovaro@univpm.it

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Serena Fonda Umani

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Antonio Pusceddu

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD AP. Performed the experiments: RD AP. Analyzed the data: RD AP. Wrote the paper: RD SFU AP.