About the Authors
- Stephan T. Leu
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* E-mail: stephan.leu@flinders.edu.au
Current address: School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Affiliation School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- Martin J. Whiting
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Michael J. Mahony
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Affiliation School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interest: STL was funded by a Port Waratah Coal Services Limited (PWCS) grant while conducting the study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: STL MJM. Performed the experiments: STL. Analyzed the data: STL MJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJM. Wrote the paper: STL MJW.