About the Authors

Andrew P. Nosal

anosal@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Yi Chao

Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States of America

John D. Farrara

Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States of America

Fei Chai

Affiliation School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 04469, United States of America

Philip A. Hastings

Affiliation Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92037, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN. Performed the experiments: AN. Analyzed the data: AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN YC FC JF PH. Wrote the paper: AN YC FC JF PH.