About the Authors

Jiarong Hong

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Siddharth Talapatra

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph Katz

katz@jhu.edu

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Patricia A. Tester

Affiliation National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Rebecca J. Waggett

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Allen R. Place

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH ST JK PAT RJW. Performed the experiments: JH ST PAT RJW. Analyzed the data: JH ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH ST PAT RJW ARP. Wrote the paper: JH ST JK PAT RJW ARP.