**5. Acknowledgements**

We thank the Departments of Biological Sciences, Environmental Studies, and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. We are grateful for funding from the Women In Science and Engineering Program, also at the University of Cincinnai. Specifically, we thank C. Daley, U. Ghia, and anonymous reviewers for their contributions.

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