About the Authors

Susanne M. Brander

branders@uncw.edu

Affiliations Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America, Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard E. Connon

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Guochun He

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

James A. Hobbs

Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kelly L. Smalling

Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Swee J. Teh

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

J. Wilson White

Affiliation Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Inge Werner

Affiliation Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology, Eawag/École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Duebendorf, Switzerland

Michael S. Denison

Affiliation Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Gary N. Cherr

Affiliations Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, California, United States of America, Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Departments of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMB REC KLS. Performed the experiments: SMB GH JAH SJT. Analyzed the data: SMB JWW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMB REC GH JAH KLS SJT JWW. Wrote the paper: SMB REC KLS JWW. Supervision and guidance of research as members of dissertation committee: IW MSD GNC.