About the Authors

Yoshihiro Fujiwara

fujiwara@jamstec.go.jp

Affiliation Chemo-Ecosystem Evolution Research (ChEER) Team, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan

Masaru Kawato

Affiliation Chemo-Ecosystem Evolution Research (ChEER) Team, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan

Chikayo Noda

Affiliation Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park, Miura, Japan

Gin Kinoshita

Affiliation Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

Toshiro Yamanaka

Affiliation Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

Yuko Fujita

Affiliation Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Katsuyuki Uematsu

Affiliation Department of Technical Services, Marine Work Japan Ltd., Yokosuka, Japan

Jun-Ichi Miyazaki

Affiliation Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YF. Performed the experiments: YF MK CN GK TY YF KU JIM. Analyzed the data: YF MK TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YF. Wrote the paper: YF TY. Collected samples: YF.