About the Authors

Helike Lõhelaid

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Tarvi Teder

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Kadri Tõldsepp

Current address: Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Merrick Ekins

Affiliation Sessile Marine Invertebrates, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Nigulas Samel

nigulas.samel@ttu.ee

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL TT NS. Performed the experiments: HL TT KT ME. Analyzed the data: HL TT KT NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS. Wrote the paper: HL TT NS. Identification of the coral species: ME.