About the Authors

Cameron J. Nordell

nordell@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Troy I. Wellicome

Affiliation Environment Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Erin M. Bayne

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Competing Interests

While both industrial, commercial, and government funding partners were crucial for equipment and salary expenses necessary to our research project, they played no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials is not compromised. There are no restrictions on the sharing of data or materials used in our project.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CJN TIW EMB. Data curation: CJN EMB. Formal analysis: CJN EMB. Funding acquisition: CJN TIW EMB. Investigation: CJN TIW EMB. Methodology: CJN TIW EMB. Project administration: CJN TIW EMB. Resources: CJN TIW EMB. Software: CJN TIW EMB. Supervision: CJN TIW EMB. Validation: CJN TIW EMB. Visualization: CJN. Writing – original draft: CJN. Writing – review & editing: CJN TIW EMB.