About the Authors
- Rodrigo Almeda
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* E-mail: ralmeda@utexas.edu
Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America
- Zoe Wambaugh
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Affiliations Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Oceanography, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, United States of America
- Chao Chai
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Affiliations Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America, College of Resource and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China
- Zucheng Wang
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Affiliations Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Zhanfei Liu
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Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America
- Edward J. Buskey
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Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
This study was partly funded by a grant from BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative through the University of Texas Marine Science Institute (DROPPS consortium: ‘Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies’). 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: RA EB ZL. Performed the experiments: RA Z. Wambaugh. Analyzed the data: RA CC Z. Wambaugh Z. Wang ZL EB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA CC Z. Wambaugh Z. Wang ZL. Wrote the paper: RA ZL EB.