About the Authors

Li Ling Hamady

liling@whoi.edu

Affiliations Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lisa J. Natanson

Affiliation Apex Predators Program, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America

Gregory B. Skomal

Affiliation Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simon R. Thorrold

Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLH LJN GBS SRT. Performed the experiments: LLH LJN GBS. Analyzed the data: LLH LJN GBS SRT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJN SRT. Wrote the paper: LLH LJN GBS SRT.