About the Authors

Rebecca T. Batstone

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Jason R. Laurich

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Flora Salvo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Suzanne C. Dufour

sdufour@mun.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCD RTB. Performed the experiments: JRL FS RTB. Analyzed the data: SCD RTB JRL FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCD. Wrote the paper: SCD RTB JRL FS.