About the Authors

Craig L. Frank

frank@fordham.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Louis Calder Center, P.O. Box 887, Armonk, NY, 10504, United States of America

Melissa R. Ingala

Affiliation Environmental Science Program, Fordham University, LH 400, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States of America

Rebecca E. Ravenelle

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Louis Calder Center, P.O. Box 887, Armonk, NY, 10504, United States of America

Kelsey Dougherty-Howard

Affiliation Environmental Science Program, Fordham University, LH 400, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States of America

Samuel O. Wicks

Affiliation Environmental Science Program, Fordham University, LH 400, Bronx, NY, 10458, United States of America

Carl Herzog

Affiliation New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY, 12233, United States of America

Robert J. Rudd

Affiliation New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, 12201, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLF RJR. Performed the experiments: CLF MRI RER KD SOW. Analyzed the data: CLF MIR RER CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLF RJR CH. Wrote the paper: CLF MIR RER SOW KD.