About the Authors

Gil G. Rosenthal

grosenthal@bio.tamu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de las Huastecas “Aguazarca”, Calnali, Hidalgo, Mexico

Jessica N. Fitzsimmons

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristina U. Woods

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gabriele Gerlach

Affiliation Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Heidi S. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNF GGR HSF KUW GG. Performed the experiments: JNF KUW. Analyzed the data: GGR JNF KUW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG GGR HSF. Wrote the paper: GGR JNF.