About the Authors

Zhou Yang

yangzhou@njnu.edu.cn

Affiliations Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, State Key Laboratory for Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

Kai Lü

Affiliation Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

Yafen Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory for Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

David J. S. Montagnes

Affiliation Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZY DJSM. Performed the experiments: KL. Analyzed the data: ZY KL YFC DJSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZY KL. Wrote the paper: ZY YFC DJSM.