About the Authors

Katie Barott

katiebarott@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jennifer Smith

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Elizabeth Dinsdale

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Mark Hatay

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Stuart Sandin

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Forest Rohwer

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB JES FR. Performed the experiments: KB JES EAD FR. Analyzed the data: KB JES SAS FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH FR. Wrote the paper: KB JES FR.