About the Authors

Katrin Iken

iken@ims.uaf.edu

Affiliation School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Brenda Konar

Affiliation School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Juan José Cruz-Motta

Affiliation Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

Ann Knowlton

Affiliation School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Gerhard Pohle

Affiliation Atlantic Reference Centre, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Angela Mead

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Patricia Miloslavich

Affiliation Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Centro de Biodiversidad Marina, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

Melisa Wong

Affiliation Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Thomas Trott

Affiliation Department of Biology, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nova Mieszkowska

Affiliation Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez

Affiliation Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy

Laura Airoldi

Affiliation Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya

Edward Kimani

Affiliation Programa de Investigación en Botánica Marina, Departamento de Biologia Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México

Yoshihisa Shirayama

Affiliation Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, Wakayama, Japan

Simonetta Fraschetti

Affiliation Laboratorio di Zoologia e Biologia Marina, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy

Manuel Ortiz-Touzet

Affiliation Centro de Investigaciones Marinas, Universidad de La Habana, Miramar Playa, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

Angelica Silva

Affiliation Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KI BK LBC JJCM GP PM EK YS. Performed the experiments: KI BK LBC JJCM ALK GP AM PM MW TT NM RRR LA EK YS SF MOT AS. Analyzed the data: KI LBC JJCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KI BK LBC JJCM ALK GP AM PM MW TT NM RRR LA EK YS SF MOT AS. Wrote the paper: KI BK LBC JJCM ALK GP AM PM MW TT NM RRR LA EK YS SF MOT AS.