About the Authors

Z. Daniel Deng

Zhiqun.deng@pnnl.gov

Affiliation Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Brandon L. Southall

Affiliation Southall Environmental Associates, Aptos, California, United States of America

Thomas J. Carlson

Affiliation Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Jinshan Xu

Affiliation Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Jayson J. Martinez

Affiliation Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Mark A. Weiland

Affiliation Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

John M. Ingraham

Affiliation Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author (Brandon Southall) is employed by a commercial company (SEA, Inc.) and first author (Z. Daniel Deng) is a PLOS ONE academic editor, but this does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZDD BLS TJC. Performed the experiments: ZDD JX JJM MAW. Analyzed the data: ZDD BLS JX JJM JMI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZDD TJC BLS MAW. Wrote the paper: ZDD BLS TJC JX JJM MAW JMI.