About the Authors

Grace K. Saba

saba@marine.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Oscar Schofield

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Joseph J. Torres

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Erica H. Ombres

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Deborah K. Steinberg

Affiliation Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS OS DS. Performed the experiments: GS DS. Analyzed the data: GS JT EO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS OS JT EO. Wrote the paper: GS. Critical revising of manuscript for important intellectual content: GS OS JT EO DS. Final approval of the version submitted to PLOS ONE: GS OS JT EO DS.