About the Authors

Patrick T. Schwing

pschwing@mail.usf.edu

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Isabel C. Romero

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Gregg R. Brooks

Affiliation Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

David W. Hastings

Affiliation Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Rebekka A. Larson

Affiliations College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

David J. Hollander

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS IR GB DWH RL DJH. Performed the experiments: PS IR RL. Analyzed the data: PS IR GB DWH RL DJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS IR GB DWH RL DJH. Wrote the paper: PS.