About the Authors

Radu Herbei

herbei@stat.osu.edu

Current address: The Ohio State University, Department of Statistics, 1958 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210, United States of America

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Alexander L. Rytel

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

W. Berry Lyons

Affiliation The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Diane M. McKnight

Affiliation University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States of America

Christopher Jaros

Affiliation University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States of America

Michael N. Gooseff

Affiliation University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States of America

John C. Priscu

Affiliation Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WBL DMM CJ MNG JCP. Performed the experiments: WBL DMM CJ MNG JCP. Analyzed the data: RH ALR WBL DMM CJ MNG JCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH ALR WBL DMM CJ MNG JCP. Wrote the paper: RH ALR WBL DMM CJ MNG JCP.