About the Authors

Neal Michelutti

Affiliation Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada

Alexander P. Wolfe

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada

Colin A. Cooke

Affiliation Department of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T5K 2M4, Canada

William O. Hobbs

Affiliation Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA, 98504-7600, United States of America

Mathias Vuille

Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, 12222, United States of America

John P. Smol

smolj@queensu.ca

Affiliation Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM JPS. Performed the experiments: NM. Analyzed the data: NM JPS APW CAC WOH MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM JPS APW CAC WOH MV. Wrote the paper: NM JPS APW CAC WOH MV.