About the Authors

Inês Correia Rosa

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Aveiro and CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), Aveiro, Portugal

Joana Luísa Pereira

jpereira@ua.pt

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Aveiro and CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), Aveiro, Portugal

Raquel Costa

Affiliation CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Fernando Gonçalves

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Aveiro and CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), Aveiro, Portugal

Robert Prezant

Affiliation College of Science and Mathematics, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ICR JLP RC RP. Performed the experiments: ICR. Analyzed the data: ICR JLP RC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG RP. Wrote the paper: ICR JLP.