About the Authors

Louie L. Wurch

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erin M. Bertrand

Affiliation Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mak A. Saito

Affiliation Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy

Affiliation Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sonya T. Dyhrman

sdyhrman@whoi.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLW STD. Performed the experiments: LLW EMB. Analyzed the data: LLW EMB MAS BASVM STD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLW EMB MAS BASVM STD. Wrote the paper: LLW STD. Mass spectrometry, protein identification and associated informatics: EMB MAS. Lipid analysis: BASVM.