About the Authors

Meagan M. Gilbert

m.gilbert@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Eric Snively

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI, United States of America

John Cotton

Affiliation Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMG ES JC. Performed the experiments: MMG ES. Analyzed the data: MMG ES JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MMG ES JC. Wrote the paper: MMG ES JC.