About the Authors

Sean P. Powers

spowers@disl.org

Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Frank J. Hernandez

Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Robert H. Condon

Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

J. Marcus Drymon

Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Christopher M. Free

Affiliation Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPP FJH RHC JMD. Performed the experiments: SPP RHC JMD CMF. Analyzed the data: SPP RHC JMD CMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPP FJH RHC JMD CMF. Wrote the paper: SPP RHC JMD CMF.