About the Authors

Joshua R. Thienpont

Affiliation Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Steven V. Kokelj

Affiliation Northwest Territories Geoscience Office, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Jennifer B. Korosi

Affiliations Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Elisa S. Cheng

Affiliation Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Cyndy Desjardins

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Linda E. Kimpe

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jules M. Blais

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Michael FJ. Pisaric

Affiliations Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Geography, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

John P. Smol

smolj@queensu.ca

Affiliation Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRT SVK JBK JMB MFJP JPS. Performed the experiments: JRT SVK JBK ESC CD LEK. Analyzed the data: JRT SVK JBK ESC CD LEK JMB. Wrote the paper: JRT SVK JBK ESC CD JMB MFJP JPS.