About the Authors

Andreas F. Haas

ahaas@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Craig E. Nelson

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Linda Wegley Kelly

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Craig A. Carlson

Affiliations Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Forest Rohwer

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

James J. Leichter

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Alex Wyatt

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jennifer E. Smith

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AFH CEN LW CAC FLR JJL AW JES. Performed the experiments: AFH CEN LW CAC FLR JJL AW JES. Analyzed the data: AFH CEN LW CAC FLR JJL JES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAC FLR JJL JES. Wrote the paper: AFH CEN LW CAC FLR JJL AW JES.