About the Authors

Benjamin L. King

Affiliation Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine, United States of America

Allan Peter Davis

Affiliation North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael C. Rosenstein

Affiliation Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, Maine, United States of America

Thomas C. Wiegers

Affiliation North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Carolyn J. Mattingly

cjmattin@ncsu.edu

Affiliation North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLK CJM. Performed the experiments: BLK. Analyzed the data: BLK CJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLK. Wrote the paper: BLK CJM. Data contribution and review: APD MCR TCW.