About the Authors

Trisha L. Spanbauer

tspanbauer@unl.edu

Affiliation Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Craig R. Allen

Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

David G. Angeler

Affiliation Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Tarsha Eason

Affiliation Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Sherilyn C. Fritz

Affiliation Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Ahjond S. Garmestani

Affiliation Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kirsty L. Nash

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Jeffery R. Stone

Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

TLS led the writing of the manuscript with contribution from all of the authors. Conceived and designed the experiments: TLS CRA DGA TE. Performed the experiments: JRS. Analyzed the data: DGA TE KLN TLS CRA SCF ASG. Wrote the paper: TLS DGA TE.