About the Authors

Peter I. Macreadie

petermacreadie@gmail.com

Affiliations Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia, Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria 3125, Australia

Timothy C. Rolph

Current Address: BP America Inc. 200 Westlake Park Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation School of Geosciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia

Ron Boyd

Affiliation School of Geosciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia

Claudia J. Schröder-Adams

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada

Charles G. Skilbeck

Affiliation School of the Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, New South Wales 2007, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PIM TCR RB CJSA CGS. Performed the experiments: TCR CGS. Analyzed the data: PIM TCR RB CJSA CGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PIM TCR RB CJSA CGS. Wrote the paper: PIM TCR CJSA CGS.