About the Authors

Jeanine S. Morey

Affiliation Marine Biotoxins Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Frances M. Van Dolah

fran.vandolah@noaa.gov

Affiliation Marine Biotoxins Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSM FVD. Performed the experiments: JSM. Analyzed the data: JSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM FVD. Wrote the paper: JSM FVD.