About the Authors
- Daniel J. Mayor
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* E-mail: dan.mayor@abdn.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Barry Thornton
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Affiliation The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Alain F. Zuur
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Affiliation Highland Statistics Ltd., Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
DM and BT have declared that no competing interests exist. AZ is affiliated with Highland Statistics Ltd and can confirm there are no patents, products in development or marketed products related to this manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DM. Performed the experiments: DM. Analyzed the data: DM AZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM BT. Wrote the paper: DM BT AZ.