About the Authors
- Steven J. Tuorto
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Affiliation Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Chris M. Brown
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Affiliation Environmental Proteomics N.B. Inc, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
- Kay D. Bidle
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Affiliation Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Lora R. McGuinness
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Affiliation Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- Lee J. Kerkhof
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* E-mail: lkerkhof@rutgers.edu
Affiliation Department of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Steven J Tuorto, Lora R McGuinness, and Lee J Kerkhof have applied for a provisional patent (U.S. Provisional Application no. 61/911,195: "Apparatus and Methods for Preserving Aquatic Biomass") for the BioDry Method. Co-author Chris Brown is currently employed by Environmental Proteomics N.B. Inc. The company has no claim on the BioDry method and Dr. Brown's employment does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SJT LRM LJK. Performed the experiments: SJT LRM CB. Analyzed the data: SJT LRM CB KDBLJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJT LRM CB KDB LJK. Wrote the paper: SJT LRM CB KDB LJK.