About the Authors

Meng Gao

gaomeng03@hotmail.com

Affiliation Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China

Jicai Ning

Affiliation Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China

Xiaoqing Wu

Affiliation Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG. Performed the experiments: MG. Analyzed the data: MG JN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG JN XW. Wrote the paper: MG JN XW.