About the Authors

Aibin Zhan

zhanaibin@hotmail.com

Affiliations Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Wei Xiong

Affiliation Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Song He

Affiliation Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Hugh J. MacIsaac

Affiliation Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ HJM. Performed the experiments: AZ. Analyzed the data: AZ WX SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ HJM. Wrote the paper: AZ WX SH HJM.