About the Authors

Alex D. Williams

Contributed equally to this work with: Alex D. Williams, Michael J. Sweet

alexdwilliams@virginmedia.com

Affiliation Molecular Health and Disease Laboratory, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, College of Life and Natural Sciences, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

Barbara E. Brown

Affiliations School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College, Caithness, United Kingdom

Lalita Putchim

Affiliation Phuket Marine Biological Center, Phuket, 83000, Thailand

Michael J. Sweet

Contributed equally to this work with: Alex D. Williams, Michael J. Sweet

Affiliation Molecular Health and Disease Laboratory, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, College of Life and Natural Sciences, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJS BEB. Performed the experiments: MJS BEB LP ADW. Analyzed the data: ADW MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS BEB. Wrote the paper: ADW MJS BEB.