About the Authors

Gilbert T. Rowe

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Harshica Fernando

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas, United States of America

Cornelis Elferink

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

G. A. Shakeel Ansari

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

John Sullivan

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas Heathman

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Antonietta Quigg

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Sharon Petronella Croisant

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Terry L. Wade

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Peter H. Santschi

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Santschi@tamug.edu

Affiliations Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Marine and Coastal Environmental Science, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist