1 Plankton Ecology Laboratory, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. helmut.hillebrand@uni-oldenburg.de.
2 Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany. helmut.hillebrand@uni-oldenburg.de.
3 Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. helmut.hillebrand@uni-oldenburg.de.
4 Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
5 Department of Physiological Diversity, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany.
6 German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany.
7 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
8 Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
9 Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
10 MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
11 Tvärminne Zoological Station, University of Helsinki, Hanko, Finland.
12 Marine Geochemistry, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
13 Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA.
14 Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Empirical Ecology Station, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Moulis, France.
15 Theoretical Physics/Complex Systems, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.