About the Authors

Corey Thomas

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sydney Green

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Lily Kimball

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biological Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States of America

Isaiah R. Schmidtke

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biological Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States of America

Lauren Rothwell

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biological Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States of America

Makayla Griffin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biological Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States of America

Ivy Par

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sophia Schobel

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Yayleene Palacio

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Jamie B. Towle-Weicksel

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

Affiliation Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Steven E. Weicksel

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

sweicksel@bryant.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biological Sciences, Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

No authors have competing interests: Cory Thomas Sidney Green Lily Kimball Isaiah Schmidtke Lauren Rothwell Makayla Griffin Ivy Par Sophia Schobel Yayleene Palacio Jamie B Towle-Weicksel Steven E Weicksel