About the Authors

Yan Zhao

claire.zhy@tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Antonietta Quigg

Affiliations Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

In the competing interests section of the online submission form, Antonietta Quigg, is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YZ AQ. Performed the experiments: YZ AQ. Analyzed the data: YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ AQ. Wrote the paper: YZ.