About the Authors

Christopher G. Mull

creeas@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Institute for Integrated Research in Material Environments and Society, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Kady Lyons

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Mary E. Blasius

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America, Institute for Integrated Research in Material Environments and Society, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Chuck Winkler

Affiliation Southern California Marine Institute, Terminal Island, California, United States of America

John B. O’Sullivan

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, United States of America

Christopher G. Lowe

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CGM MEB CGL. Performed the experiments: CGM MEB KL. Analyzed the data: CGM MEB KL CGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGM MEB KL CW JO CGL. Wrote the paper: CGM KL MEB CGL.