About the Authors

Steeve Comeau

comeau@obs-vlfr.fr

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Ross Jeffree

Affiliation Marine Environmental Laboratories, International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco, Principality of Monaco

Jean-Louis Teyssié

Affiliation Marine Environmental Laboratories, International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco, Principality of Monaco

Jean-Pierre Gattuso

Affiliations Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC JPG. Performed the experiments: SC. Analyzed the data: SC RJ JLT JPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJ JLT. Wrote the paper: SC RJ JPG.