About the Authors

Susanne Menden-Deuer

smenden@gso.uri.edu

Affiliation University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMD. Performed the experiments: SMD. Analyzed the data: SMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMD. Wrote the paper: SMD.