About the Authors

Lauren S. Mullineaux

lmullineaux@whoi.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nadine Le Bris

Affiliation Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Banyuls sur Mer, France

Susan W. Mills

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Pauline Henri

Affiliation Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Banyuls sur Mer, France

Skylar R. Bayer

Current address: University of Maine, Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine, United States of America

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard G. Secrist

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States of America

Nam Siu

Affiliation Biology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LSM NLB SWM. Performed the experiments: LSM NLB SWM. Analyzed the data: LSM NLB SWM PH SRB RGS NS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LSM NLB SWM PH SRB RGS NS. Wrote the paper: LSM NLB SWM SRB RGS NS.