About the Authors

Bin Zhu

zhu@hartford.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael S. Ellis

Current address: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, United States of America

Kelly L. Fancher

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

Lars G. Rudstam

Affiliation Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BZ LGR. Performed the experiments: MSE BZ. Analyzed the data: BZ KLF LGR. Wrote the paper: BZ MSE KLF LGR.