About the Authors
- Niraj Kumar
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Gerald R. Palmer
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Vishal Shah
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, United States of America
- Virginia K. Walker
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* E-mail: walkervk@queensu.ca
Affiliations Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
VS is an Academic Editor of PLoS ONE. GP is currently working in research and development for Qubit Systems, Kingston, Ontario, and was on leave from that position during the time that the respiration experiments were undertaken using Qubit equipment. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GP VS VW. Performed the experiments: NK GP VS VW. Analyzed the data: NK GP VS VW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GP VS VW. Wrote the paper: NK GP VS VW.