About the Authors

Richard Dabundo

richard.dabundo@uconn.edu

Affiliation University of Connecticut Avery Point, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States of America

Moritz F. Lehmann

Affiliation University of Basel, Institute for Environmental Geosciences, Basel, Switzerland

Lija Treibergs

Affiliation University of Connecticut Avery Point, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States of America

Craig R. Tobias

Affiliation University of Connecticut Avery Point, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States of America

Mark A. Altabet

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences, North Dartmouth, MA, United States of America

Pia H. Moisander

Affiliation University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Biology, North Dartmouth, MA, United States of America

Julie Granger

Affiliation University of Connecticut Avery Point, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD JG CRT MAA MFL PHM. Performed the experiments: RD JG LT MFL. Analyzed the data: RD JG CRT LT MFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG CRT MFL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RD JG MFL PHM LT CRT MAA.