About the Authors

Jackie L. Collier

jackie.collier@stonybrook.edu

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Sean P. Fitzgerald

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Lyndie A. Hice

Current address: Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve, Dover, Delaware, United States of America

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Michael G. Frisk

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Anne E. McElroy

Affiliation School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLC AEM MGF SPF LAH. Performed the experiments: SPF JLC AEM. Analyzed the data: SPF JLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAH JLC AEM. Wrote the paper: JLC SPF LAH AEM MGF.