About the Authors

Linda A. Amaral-Zettler

amaral@mbl.edu

Affiliation The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elizabeth A. McCliment

Affiliation The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hugh W. Ducklow

Affiliation The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Susan M. Huse

Affiliation The Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAZ EAM. Performed the experiments: EAM. Analyzed the data: LAZ EAM SMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAZ. Wrote the paper: LAZ EAM HWD SMH.