About the Authors

Nicole M. Koribanics

Affiliation Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Steven J. Tuorto

Affiliation Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Nora Lopez-Chiaffarelli

Affiliations Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Lora R. McGuinness

Affiliation Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Max M. Häggblom

Affiliation Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Kenneth H. Williams

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Philip E. Long

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Lee J. Kerkhof

lkerkhof@rutgers.edu

Affiliation Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJK LRM NK NLC MMH SJT. Performed the experiments: NK NLC SJT LRM LJK. Analyzed the data: NK SJT LRM LJK MMH. Wrote the paper: NK LJK SJT LRM MMH KHW PEL NLC. Overall Rifle Field Project: PEL KHW.