About the Authors

Vadim A. Karatayev

vkaratayev@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Office of Undergraduate Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Alexander Y. Karatayev

Affiliation Great Lakes Center, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Lyubov E. Burlakova

Affiliations Great Lakes Center, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, The Research Foundation of The State University of New York, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Lars G. Rudstam

Affiliation Cornell Biological Field Station, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Bridgeport, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LGR AYK LEB. Wrote the paper: VAK AYK LGR LEB. Conception and design of the work: VAK AYK LEB. Acquisition of data: VAK AYK LEB. Taxonomic identification, analysis and interpretation of data: VAK AYK LEB LGR. Critically revised the paper and approved the final version to be published: VAK AYK LGR LEB.