About the Authors

Carly F. Graham

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rebecca L. Eberts

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Thomas D. Morgan

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Douglas R. Boreham

Affiliation Medical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Stacey L. Lance

Affiliation Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Richard G. Manzon

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Jessica A. Martino

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Sean M. Rogers

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Joanna Y. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christopher M. Somers

chris.somers@uregina.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

Yes. For all authors, the study was partly funded by Bruce Power, the nuclear power company that generates the thermal emissions under scrutiny in this manuscript. However, the funds contributed are part of a peer-reviewed industrial partnership grant with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada as described in the funding section. The industrial partner provided fish specimens and the geographic framework for the study as described, but had no further role in the generation, analysis, or interpretation of the data. Author Dr. Douglas Boreham has a previous history of industrial research chair positions funded in part by Bruce Power; his current salary as the Director of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine at Laurentian University is funded by the company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMS JYW RGM DRB. Performed the experiments: CFG RLE TDM JAM SLL. Analyzed the data: CFG RLE TDM JAM SLL CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMR. Wrote the paper: CFG RLE TDM DRB SLL RGM JAM SMR JYW.