About the Authors

Chen Wu

wuc@landcareresearch.co.nz

Affiliations Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Ross N. Crowhurst

Affiliation New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

Alice B. Dennis

Affiliations Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Victoria G. Twort

Affiliations Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Shanlin Liu

Affiliation China National GeneBank, BGI-Shenzhen, Shen Zhen, China

Richard D. Newcomb

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand

Howard A. Ross

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Thomas R. Buckley

Affiliations Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW TRB RNC. Performed the experiments: VGT CW. Analyzed the data: CW SL ABD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABD SL TRB. Wrote the paper: CW RNC ABD VGT RDN HAR TRB. Contributed wonderful ideas to data analysis: RNC.