About the Authors

Nina S. N. Lam

nlam@lsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Kelley Pace

Affiliation Department of Finance, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Richard Campanella

Affiliation Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

James LeSage

Affiliation Department of Finance and Economics, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America

Helbert Arenas

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NSNL KP RC. Performed the experiments: NSNL HA. Analyzed the data: NSNL KP RC JL HA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSNL KP RC JL HA. Wrote the paper: NSNL KP RC JL.