About the Authors

Caitlin Pitt

huber@unbc.ca (DH); pitt@unbc.ca (CP)

Affiliation Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

Jeanne A. Robert

Affiliation Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

Tiffany R. Bonnett

Affiliation Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

Christopher I. Keeling

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jörg Bohlmann

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Dezene P. W. Huber

huber@unbc.ca (DH); pitt@unbc.ca (CP)

Affiliation Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

Competing Interests

This work was supported in part by Genome Canada, Genome BC, and Genome Alberta as part of the Tria Project (www.thetriaproject.ca). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAR DH. Performed the experiments: CP JAR TRB. Analyzed the data: CP TRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPWH CIK JB. Wrote the paper: CP DPWH.