1. Marine Scotland Science, Planning and Environmental Advice, Ecology and Conservation Group Aberdeen UK
2. National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in Marine Environment (CNR‐IAS) Torregrande‐Oristano Italy
3. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and Management Brussels Belgium
4. Institute of Marine Research Bergen Norway
5. Institute of Oceanography University of Gdansk Gdynia Poland
6. Hafok AB Stenhamra Sweden
7. Wageningen Marine Research Wageningen University Yerseke the Netherlands
8. Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany
9. Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity Oldenburg Germany
10. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Department of Biological Oceanography Rostock Germany
11. Ifremer, Laboratoire Environnement et Ressource Bretagne nord Dinard France
12. Station de Recherches Sous‐Marines et Océanographiques Calvi France
13. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Marine Monitoring and Evidence Team Peterborough UK
14. Foundation International Marine Centre (IMC) Torregrande‐Oristano Italy
15. Office Français de la Biodiversité, Patrimoine Naturel joint unit Dinard France
16. Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ecogéochimie des Environnements Benthiques, LECOB, 66650 Banyuls‐sur‐Mer France
17. Nord University, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Ecology Division Bodø Norway
18. The Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Animal Science Department Oostende Belgium
19. The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft UK