About the Authors

Deborah D. Iwanowicz

Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert S. Cornman

diwanowicz@usgs.gov

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Amy G. Vandergast

Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert S. Cornman

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert S. Cornman

Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert S. Cornman

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Cynthia R. Adams

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

Joshua R. Kohn

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation University of California San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Robert N. Fisher

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Cheryl S. Brehme

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AGV RSC DDI RNF CSB. Data curation: DDI AGV RSC. Formal analysis: AGV RSC. Funding acquisition: AGV JRK RNF CSB. Investigation: DDI AGV CSB. Methodology: DDI AGV RSC CRA JRK CSB. Project administration: DDI AGV. Resources: AGV JRK RNF CSB. Validation: DDI AGV RSC CSB. Writing – original draft: DDI AGV RSC. Writing – review & editing: DDI AGV RSC CRA JRK RNF CSB.