About the Authors

Chris D. Lowe

clowe@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

David J. S. Montagnes

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Laura E. Martin

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Phillip C. Watts

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PCW DJSM CDL. Performed the experiments: CDL LEM. Analyzed the data: PCW CDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCW DJSM CDL. Wrote the paper: PCW CDL. Conducted field collection of samples: PCW DJSM LEM CDL.