Contributors
Nicole I. Stacy:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-4414
Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Jennifer M. Lynch: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review
& editing
Michael D. Arendt: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Larisa Avens: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Joanne Braun McNeill: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole:
Writing – review & editing
Carolyn Cray: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Rusty D. Day: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review
& editing
Craig A. Harms: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing
– review & editing
A. Michelle Lee: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Margie M. Peden-Adams: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Kelly Thorvalson: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole:
Supervision
Al L. Segars: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Terry M. Norton: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Francesco Staffieri: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
10
July
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0200355
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
[2
]
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Chemical Sciences Division, Hollings
Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC, United States of America
[3
]
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC, United States of America
[4
]
NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, United
States of America
[5
]
Division of Comparative Pathology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States of America
[6
]
North Carolina State University, Center for Marine Science and Technology, Morehead
City, NC, United States of America
[7
]
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States of America
[8
]
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC, United States of America
[9
]
Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island Authority, GA, United States of America
[10
]
St. Catherines Island Foundation, Midway, GA, United States of America
University of Bari, ITALY
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
[¤a]
Current address: NIST, Chemical Sciences Division, Hawaii Pacific University, Kaneohe,
HI, United States of America.
[¤b]
Current address: Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC, United States of America.
[¤c]
Current address: Peden-Adams and Assoc., LLC, Charleston, SC, United States of America.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-41328
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200355
PMC ID: 6039040
PubMed ID: 29990325
SO-VID: 9be56900-8971-46a0-83bb-bfad8d913a2e
License:
This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any
lawful purpose. The work is made available under the
Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
History
Date
received
: 22
November
2017
Date
accepted
: 25
June
2018
Page count
Figures: 6,
Tables: 1,
Pages: 25
Funding
Funding was provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
National Marine Fisheries Service. The funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Amniotes
Subject:
Reptiles
Subject:
Testudines
Subject:
Turtles
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Plasma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Plasma
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Plasma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Plasma
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Cell Biology
Subject:
Cellular Types
Subject:
Animal Cells
Subject:
Blood Cells
Subject:
White Blood Cells
Subject:
Lymphocytes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Cell Biology
Subject:
Cellular Types
Subject:
Animal Cells
Subject:
Immune Cells
Subject:
White Blood Cells
Subject:
Lymphocytes
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Cells
Subject:
White Blood Cells
Subject:
Lymphocytes
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Immunology
Subject:
Immune Cells
Subject:
White Blood Cells
Subject:
Lymphocytes
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Hematology
Subject:
Anemia
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Plasma Proteins
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Imaging Techniques
Subject:
Morphometry
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