About the Authors

Carolyn J. Kovacs

Contributed equally to this work with: Carolyn J. Kovacs, Robin M. Perrtree, Tara M. Cox

Current address: Sea|Mester, University of South Florida, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Marine Sciences Program, Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Robin M. Perrtree

Contributed equally to this work with: Carolyn J. Kovacs, Robin M. Perrtree, Tara M. Cox

perrtreer@savannahstate.edu (RMP); coxt@savannahstate.edu (TMC)

Affiliation Marine Sciences Program, Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Tara M. Cox

Contributed equally to this work with: Carolyn J. Kovacs, Robin M. Perrtree, Tara M. Cox

perrtreer@savannahstate.edu (RMP); coxt@savannahstate.edu (TMC)

Affiliation Marine Sciences Program, Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CJK RMP TMC. Data curation: CJK RMP. Formal analysis: CJK RMP. Funding acquisition: TMC. Investigation: CJK RMP TMC. Methodology: CJK RMP TMC. Project administration: TMC. Resources: TMC. Software: RMP CJK. Supervision: CJK RMP TMC. Validation: CJK RMP TMC. Visualization: CJK RMP TMC. Writing – original draft: CJK RMP. Writing – review & editing: CJK RMP TMC.