About the Authors

Min Pau Tan

minpau_84@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Amirul Firdaus Jamaluddin Jamsari

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Mohd Nor Siti Azizah

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPT AFJJ MNSA. Performed the experiments: MPT AFJJ. Analyzed the data: MPT AFJJ MNSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNSA. Wrote the paper: MPT AFJJ MNSA.