About the Authors

S. Elizabeth Alter

ealter@york.cuny.edu

Current address: Department of Biology, York College, City University of New York, Jamaica, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Seth D. Newsome

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Stephen R. Palumbi

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEA. Performed the experiments: SEA SDN. Analyzed the data: SEA SND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEA SDN SRP. Wrote the paper: SEA SDN SRP.