About the Authors

Javier V. Alvarez

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 E. Pratt Street, Columbus Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

J. Sook Chung

chung@umces.edu

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 701 E. Pratt Street, Columbus Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVA JSC. Performed the experiments: JVA. Analyzed the data: JVA JSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAV JSC. Wrote the paper: JVA JSC.