About the Authors
- Nik Veldhoen
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
- Jared Hobbs
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Affiliation Hemmera Envirochem Inc., 303–1221 Broad Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2A4, Canada
- Georgios Ikonomou
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
- Michael Hii
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
- Mary Lesperance
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Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 3800 Finnerty Road, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada
- Caren C. Helbing
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* E-mail: chelbing@uvic.ca
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada
Competing Interests
JH is an employee of Hemmera Envirochem Inc. JH was involved with the conceptualization of the overall research goals, identification of appropriate tailed frog survey sites, and water sample collection at these sites. Hemmera provided support for research materials, but did not play a role in the qPCR assay design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript with the exception of critical review of the manuscript by JH. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The specific roles of authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: CCH NV JH. Data curation: CCH. Formal analysis: CCH NV MH ML. Funding acquisition: CCH JH. Investigation: NV GI MH. Methodology: CCH NV. Project administration: CCH. Resources: CCH JH. Supervision: CCH. Validation: CCH NV. Visualization: NV MH CCH. Writing – original draft: NV MH CCH. Writing – review & editing: NV CCH JH ML GI MH.