About the Authors

Sara K. Yeo

Contributed equally to this work with: Sara K. Yeo, Megan J. Huggett, Alexander Eiler

Current address: Department of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliations Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Megan J. Huggett

Contributed equally to this work with: Sara K. Yeo, Megan J. Huggett, Alexander Eiler

Current address: School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

Affiliation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Alexander Eiler

Contributed equally to this work with: Sara K. Yeo, Megan J. Huggett, Alexander Eiler

Current address: Department of Molecular Evolution, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Affiliation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Michael S. Rappé

rappe@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKY MSR. Performed the experiments: SKY MSR. Analyzed the data: SKY MJH AE MSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJH AE MSR. Wrote the paper: SKY MJH AE MSR.