About the Authors

Donnie Ransom Hardison

rance.hardison@noaa.gov

Affiliations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

William G. Sunda

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Damian Shea

Affiliation Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard Wayne Litaker

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WGS DS RWL DRH. Performed the experiments: DRH. Analyzed the data: DRH WGS RWL DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRH DS WGS RWL. Wrote the paper: DRH DS WGS RWL.