About the Authors

Eva Ramirez-Llodra

ezr@icm.csic.es

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

Paul A. Tyler

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Maria C. Baker

Affiliation School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Odd Aksel Bergstad

Affiliation Institute of Marine Research, Flødevigen, Norway

Malcolm R. Clark

Affiliation National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Elva Escobar

Affiliation Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, México, D.F., Mexico

Lisa A. Levin

Affiliation Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lenaick Menot

Affiliation Ifremer, Brest, DEEP/LEP, Plouzane, France

Ashley A. Rowden

Affiliation National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Craig R. Smith

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Cindy L. Van Dover

Affiliation Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERL PAT MCB OAB MRC EE LAL LM AAR CRS CLVD. Wrote the paper: ERL PAT MCB OAB MRC EE LAL LM AAR CRS CLVD.