About the Authors

Eli D. Lazarus

LazarusED@cf.ac.uk

Affiliation Environmental Dynamics Lab, Earth Surface Processes Group, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Brian J. McGill

Affiliation School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EDL BJM. Performed the experiments: EDL. Analyzed the data: EDL BJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EDL BJM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EDL BJM.