About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Robinson

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

Delbert L. Smee

lee.smee@tamucc.edu

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America

Geoffrey C. Trussell

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMR DLS GCT. Performed the experiments: EMR DLS. Analyzed the data: EMR DLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMR DLS GCT. Wrote the paper: EMR DLS GCT.