About the Authors

David J. Combosch

combosch.d@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

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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