About the Authors

Francesc Maynou

maynouf@icm.csic.es

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain

Mario Sbrana

Affiliation Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata, Livorno, Italy

Paolo Sartor

Affiliation Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata, Livorno, Italy

Christos Maravelias

Affiliation Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos, Attica, Greece

Stefanos Kavadas

Affiliation Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos, Attica, Greece

Dimitros Damalas

Affiliation Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos, Attica, Greece

Joan E. Cartes

Affiliation Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain

Giacomo Osio

Affiliation Consorzio per il Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata, Livorno, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS PS FM CM. Performed the experiments: MS PS FM CM SK DD GO. Analyzed the data: FM MS PS. Wrote the paper: FM GO JEC DD CM.