About the Authors

Sergiusz Czesny

Affiliation Lake Michigan Biological Station, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Zion, Illinois, United States of America

John Epifanio

Affiliation Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Pawel Michalak

pawel@vbi.vt.edu

Affiliation Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Pawel Michalak is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC PM JE. Performed the experiments: PM SC. Analyzed the data: PM SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC PM JE. Wrote the paper: PM SC.