About the Authors

Alexander Sylvester

Affiliations Department of Physics & Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Lauren MacEachern

Affiliation Department of Physics & Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Valerie Booth

Affiliations Department of Physics & Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Michael R. Morrow

mmorrow@mun.ca

Affiliation Department of Physics & Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS LM VB MM. Performed the experiments: AS LM. Analyzed the data: AS LM MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VB MM. Wrote the paper: AS VB MM.