About the Authors

Daniel Collins

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, United States of America

Todd Luxton

Affiliation National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Niraj Kumar

Affiliation Department of Biology and School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Shreya Shah

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, United States of America

Virginia K. Walker

Affiliation Department of Biology and School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Vishal Shah

ShahV@dowling.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS TL VW. Performed the experiments: DC NK SS VS TL VW. Analyzed the data: VS TL VW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS TL VW. Wrote the paper: DC NK SS VS TL VW.