About the Authors

Md. Saydur Rahman

rahman@mail.utexas.edu

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America

Peter Thomas

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSR PT. Performed the experiments: MSR. Analyzed the data: MSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSR PT. Interpreted the results: MSR PT. Drafted the manuscript: MSR. Edited, revised and approved the final version of the manuscript: MSR PT.