About the Authors

Brad A. Seibel

seibel@uri.edu

Affiliation Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Amy E. Maas

Affiliation Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Heidi M. Dierssen

Affiliation Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAS. Performed the experiments: AEM BAS HMD. Analyzed the data: BAS AEM HMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BAS AEM HMD. Wrote the paper: BAS AEM HMD.