About the Authors

Caitlin Blain

Affiliation Department of Ocean Sciences, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Patrick Gagnon

pgagnon@mun.ca

Affiliation Department of Ocean Sciences, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB PG. Performed the experiments: CB PG. Analyzed the data: CB PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG CB. Wrote the paper: CB PG.