About the Authors

Noel Manirakiza

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida, United States of America,

Suraj Melkani

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida, United States of America,

Abul Rabbany

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida, United States of America,

Natalia Medina-Irizarry

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America,

Samuel Smidt

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation American Farmland Trust, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America,

Anna Braswell

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America,, Florida Sea Grant, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America,

Willm Martens-Habbena

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Davie, Florida, United States of America

Jehangir H. Bhadha

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

jango@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida, United States of America,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.