About the Authors

Beth A. Stauffer

stauffer@louisiana.edu

Current Address: Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 10964, United States of America

Jennifer Miksis-Olds

Affiliation Applied Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 16803, United States of America

Joaquim I. Goes

Affiliation Department of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, 10964, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMO JIG. Performed the experiments: JMO JIG BAS. Analyzed the data: BAS JMO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMO BAS JIG. Wrote the paper: BAS JMO JIG.