About the Authors

Sydney P. Rudko

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ronald L. Reimink

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Office of Campus Ministries, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, United States of America, Freshwater Solutions, LLC, Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America

Bradley Peter

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Alberta Lake Management Society, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jay White

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Aquality Environmental Consulting Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Patrick C. Hanington

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

pch1@ualberta.ca

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JW is owner of Aquality Environmental Consulting LTD and RLR is owner of Freshwater Solutions, LLC. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.