About the Authors

Mark J. Corcoran

Affiliation The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Bradley M. Wetherbee

Affiliations The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Mahmood S. Shivji

mahmood@nova.edu

Affiliation The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Matthew D. Potenski

Affiliation The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Demian D. Chapman

Current address: School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Affiliation The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Guy M. Harvey

Affiliation The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that some funding (equipment) for this study was received from commercial sources (Honda Marine and Digital Angel Corporation), and confirm that this commercial funding does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC BW MS DC GH. Performed the experiments: MC MP GH BW. Analyzed the data: MC BW MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS GH BW. Wrote the paper: MC MS BW.