About the Authors

Alison M. Roark

alison.roark@furman.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, United States of America

Karen A. Bjorndal

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMR KAB. Performed the experiments: AMR. Analyzed the data: AMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMR KAB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AMR KAB.