About the Authors

April M. H. Blakeslee

april.blakeslee@liu.edu

Affiliations Long Island University, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY, 11548, United States of America, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Rd., Edgewater, MD, 21037, United States of America

Carolyn L. Keogh

Affiliation University of Georgia, 140 E. Green St., Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America

Amy E. Fowler

Affiliations Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Rd., Edgewater, MD, 21037, United States of America, Marine Resources Research Institute, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC, 29422, United States of America

Blaine D. Griffen

Affiliation University of South Carolina, Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Science Program, 715 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC, 29208, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMHB CLK AEF BDG. Performed the experiments: AMHB CLK AEF BDG. Analyzed the data: AMHB CLK BDG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMHB CLK BDG. Wrote the paper: AMHB CLK AEF BDG.