About the Authors

Nuno Queiroz

Affiliations Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom, CIBIO – U.P., Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal

Nicolas E. Humphries

Affiliations Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Leslie R. Noble

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

António M. Santos

Affiliation CIBIO – U.P., Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, Vairão, Portugal

David W. Sims

dws@mba.ac.uk

Affiliations Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom, Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DWS NQ. Performed the experiments: NQ DWS. Analyzed the data: NQ NEH DWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LRN AMS. Wrote the paper: NQ DWS.