About the Authors

Evan Lau

evanlau28@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, West Liberty University, West Liberty, West Virginia, United States of America, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Meredith C. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul A. Steudler

Affiliation The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Colleen M. Cavanaugh

Affiliation Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EL MCF. Performed the experiments: EL MCF. Analyzed the data: EL MCF PAS CMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EL MCF PAS CMC. Wrote the paper: EL MCF PAS CMC.