About the Authors

Michael A. McCloskey

drmike@iastate.edu

Affiliations Department of GDCB, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America, Creodyne, LLC, 2410 NE 13th Ct, Ankeny, IA, United States of America

Curtis L. Mosher

Affiliation Department of GDCB, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

Eric R. Henderson

Affiliations Department of GDCB, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America, Creodyne, LLC, 2410 NE 13th Ct, Ankeny, IA, United States of America

Competing Interests

McCloskey was employed during the course of this study by Creodyne LLC through an NSF SBIR award specifically for the present study. No patents, products, consultant arrangements or other marketed products emerged from this study, and the authors have no competing interests. This affiliation with Creodyne in no way alters our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing of data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: EH MM CM. Formal analysis: MM CM. Funding acquisition: EH MM. Investigation: MM CM. Methodology: MM CM EH. Project administration: MM EH. Resources: MM CM EH. Software: CM. Supervision: MM EH. Validation: MM CM. Visualization: MM CM EH. Writing – original draft: MM. Writing – review & editing: MM CM EH.