About the Authors

Hai-Chao Zhou

zhouhc2013@gmail.com (HCZ); bhntam@cityu.edu.hk (NFYT)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Futian-CityU Mangrove R&D Centre, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China

Nora Fung-yee Tam

zhouhc2013@gmail.com (HCZ); bhntam@cityu.edu.hk (NFYT)

Affiliations Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Futian-CityU Mangrove R&D Centre, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China

Yi-Ming Lin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Zhen-Hua Ding

Affiliation Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Wei-Ming Chai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Shu-Dong Wei

Affiliation Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCZ NFYT. Performed the experiments: HCZ WMC SDW. Analyzed the data: HCZ YML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCZ YML ZHD. Wrote the paper: HCZ NFYT.