About the Authors

Helen E. Roy

hele@ceh.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Baxter

Affiliation British Science Association, Wellcome Wolfson Building, 165 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HD, United Kingdom

Aoine Saunders

Affiliation British Science Association, Wellcome Wolfson Building, 165 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HD, United Kingdom

Michael J. O. Pocock

Affiliation Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors acknowledge funding from a commercial source (EDF Energy) but declare no competing interests (financial or non-financial, professional, or personal). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. EDF Energy was not involved in the production of the manuscript or the decision to submit to PLOS ONE.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HER MJOP. Performed the experiments: HER MJOP EB AS. Analyzed the data: MJOP HER. Wrote the paper: HER MJOP EB AS.