About the Authors

Elitza S. Germanov

germanov@dal.ca

Affiliation Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, California, United States of America

Andrea D. Marshall

Affiliation Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESG ADM. Analyzed the data: ESG ADM. Performed the experiments: ESG HMM PMB ADM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ESG HMM PMB ADM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ESG ADM.