About the Authors

Dong Zhang

Affiliations East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, China Academy of Fisheries, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, Vero Beach Marine Laboratory, Florida Institute of Technology, Vero Beach, Florida, United States of America

John A. Terschak

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Maggy A. Harley

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Junda Lin

Affiliation Vero Beach Marine Laboratory, Florida Institute of Technology, Vero Beach, Florida, United States of America

Jörg D. Hardege

j.d.hardege@hull.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDH JL. Performed the experiments: DZ JAT MAH. Analyzed the data: DZ MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAH. Wrote the paper: JDH DZ JAT.