About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Hemond

hemond.e@husky.neu.edu

Affiliation Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven V. Vollmer

Affiliation Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Steven Vollmer is on the PLoS ONE Editorial Board.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH SV. Performed the experiments: EH. Analyzed the data: EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SV. Wrote the paper: EH SV.