About the Authors

Dylan E. McNamara

mcnamarad@uncw.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography/Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 28403-5606, USA

Sathya Gopalakrishnan

Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, USA

Martin D. Smith

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

A. Brad Murray

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEM SG MDS ABM. Performed the experiments: DEM SG MDS. Analyzed the data: DEM SG MDS ABM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEM SG MDS ABM. Wrote the paper: DEM SG MDS ABM.