About the Authors

Alice C. Ortmann

aortmann@disl.org

Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Jennifer Anders

Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Naomi Shelton

Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Limin Gong

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Anthony G. Moss

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Robert H. Condon

Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACO AGM RHC. Performed the experiments: ACO JA NS LG AGM RHC. Analyzed the data: ACO JA NS LG AGM RHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACO AGM RHC. Wrote the paper: ACO JA NS AGM RHC.