About the Authors

Anna K. James

anna.james.k@gmail.com

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Uta Passow

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Mark A. Brzezinski

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Rachel J. Parsons

Affiliation Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS), St. George’s, Bermuda

Jennifer N. Trapani

Affiliation Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science (BIOS), St. George’s, Bermuda

Craig A. Carlson

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: AKJ CAC UP MAB RJP. Data curation: AKJ. Formal analysis: AKJ CAC MAB UP. Funding acquisition: MAB UP CAC RJP. Investigation: AKJ JNT RJP. Methodology: AKJ CAC RJP JNT MAB UP. Resources: AKJ CAC MAB UP RJP JNT. Validation: AKJ CAC MAB UP RJP JNT. Visualization: AKJ CAC UP MAB. Writing – original draft: AKJ. Writing – review & editing: AKJ CAC MAB UP RJP JNT.