About the Authors

Christiane P. Goulart

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Mentar Mahmudi

Affiliation School of Engineering, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Kristina A. Crona

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Stephen D. Jacobs

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Marcelo Kallmann

Affiliation School of Engineering, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Barry G. Hall

Affiliation Bellingham Research Institute, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Devin C. Greene

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Miriam Barlow

miriam.barlow@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB CG MK MM KC. Performed the experiments: CG MB. Analyzed the data: KC DG CG MB MM MK BH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB CG SDJ. Wrote the paper: MB CG.