About the Authors

Liyan Yin

lyyin@163.com

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Aquatic Botany and Watershed Ecology, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China, Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Benjamin P. Colman

Affiliations Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Bonnie M. McGill

Current address: Michigan State University Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Justin P. Wright

Affiliation Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Emily S. Bernhardt

Affiliations Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LY EB JPW. Performed the experiments: LY BMM BPC. Analyzed the data: LY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LY EB. Wrote the paper: LY BPC BMM JPW ESB.