About the Authors

M. N. Maruthi

mm02@gre.ac.uk

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom

Sophie Bouvaine

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom

Hale A. Tufan

Current address: International Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom

Ibrahim U. Mohammed

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom

Rory J. Hillocks

Affiliation Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNM HAT RJH. Performed the experiments: HAT IUM. Analyzed the data: SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNM RJH. Wrote the paper: MNM SB.