About the Authors

Helen V. Lubarsky

Contributed equally to this work with: Helen V. Lubarsky, Sabine U. Gerbersdorf

Affiliations Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Ocean Institute, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sabine U. Gerbersdorf

Contributed equally to this work with: Helen V. Lubarsky, Sabine U. Gerbersdorf

sabine.gerbersdorf@iws.uni-stuttgart.de

Affiliation Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Cédric Hubas

Affiliation Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques (DMPA), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR BOREA (Biologie des organismes et écosystèmes aquatiques) MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-IRD, Paris, France

Sebastian Behrens

Affiliation Geomicrobiology/Microbial Ecology Group, Centre for Applied Geosciences (ZAG), Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Francesco Ricciardi

Affiliation Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain

David M. Paterson

Affiliation Sediment Ecology Research Group, Scottish Ocean Institute, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SUG DMP. Performed the experiments: HVL CH. Analyzed the data: HVL SUG CH SB FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SUG CH SB FR DMP. Wrote the paper: SUG.