About the Authors

Amy E. Maas

amaas@whoi.edu

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Leocadio Blanco-Bercial

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, United States of America

Gareth L. Lawson

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEM LBB GLL. Performed the experiments: AEM LBB. Analyzed the data: AEM LBB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LBB GLL. Wrote the paper: AEM LBB GLL.