About the Authors

Zoe G. Nichols

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Scott Rikard

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software

Affiliations School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, Auburn University Shellfish Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Alavi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

William C. Walton

Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America, Auburn University Shellfish Lab, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States of America

Ian A. E. Butts

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

iab0007@auburn.edu

Affiliation School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.