About the Authors

Ryan P. Kovach

rpkovach@alaska.edu

Affiliation University of Alaska Fairbanks, Biology and Wildlife Department, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

John E. Joyce

Affiliation Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America

Jesse D. Echave

Affiliation Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America

Mark S. Lindberg

Affiliation University of Alaska Fairbanks, Biology and Wildlife Department, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

David A. Tallmon

Affiliations University of Alaska Fairbanks, Biology and Wildlife Department, Institute of Arctic Biology, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America, University of Alaska Southeast, Biology and Marine Biology Program, Juneau, Alaska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Authored the manuscript: RPK DAT. All authors discussed the results and critically commented on drafts of the manuscript. Conceived and designed the experiments: RPK JEJ JDE MSL DAT. Performed the experiments: RPK JEJ JDE. Analyzed the data: RPK JDE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEJ DAT. Wrote the paper: RPK DAT.