About the Authors

Gregg R. Brooks

brooksgr@eckerd.edu (GB)

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Rebekka A. Larson

Affiliations Department of Marine Science, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Patrick T. Schwing

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Isabel Romero

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Christopher Moore

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Gert-Jan Reichart

Affiliations Department of Earth Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Marine Geology Department, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands

Tom Jilbert

Affiliation Department of Earth Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jeff P. Chanton

Affiliation Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America

David W. Hastings

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Will A. Overholt

Affiliation Schools of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332–0230, United States of America

Kala P. Marks

Affiliation Schools of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332–0230, United States of America

Joel E. Kostka

Affiliations Schools of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30332–0230, United States of America, Schools of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 310 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332–0230, United States of America

Charles W. Holmes

Affiliation Environchron, 9103 64th Ave. E., Bradenton, FL, United States of America

David Hollander

Affiliation College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States of America

Competing Interests

Environchron provided support in the form of salaries for authors C.W.H., but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. Regarding the adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials the authors would like to confirm that Environchron does not alter their adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB RL PS IR GR TJ JC D. Hastings WO JK D. Hollander. Performed the experiments: RL PS IR CM JC D. Hastings WO KM. Analyzed the data: GB RL PS IR CM GR TJ JC WO JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB RL PS IR GR TJ JC WO JK D. Hastings. Wrote the paper: GB RL PS IR GR TJ JC D. Hastings WO JK D. Hollander. Contributed to project design and integration of data: GB RL PS IR CM GR TJ JC D. Hastings WO KM JK D. Hollander. Contributed salaries: CWH. Contributed to field collection: GB RL PS IR D. Hastings WO KM D. Hollander.