About the Authors

Ximena Velez-Zuazo

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico, ecOceánica, Lima, Perú

Javier Quiñones

javierantonioquinones@gmail.com (JQ); shaleyla.kelez@ecoceanica.org (SK)

Affiliation Laboratorio Costero de Pisco, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Ica, Perú

Aldo S. Pacheco

Affiliations ecOceánica, Lima, Perú, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Alexander von Humboldt, CENSOR Laboratory, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile

Luciana Klinge

Affiliation ecOceánica, Lima, Perú

Evelyn Paredes

Affiliation Unidad de Investigaciones en Depredadores Superiores, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Callao, Perú

Sixto Quispe

Affiliation Laboratorio Costero de Pisco, Instituto del Mar del Perú, Ica, Perú

Shaleyla Kelez

javierantonioquinones@gmail.com (JQ); shaleyla.kelez@ecoceanica.org (SK)

Affiliation ecOceánica, Lima, Perú

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XVZ JQ SK ASP. Performed the experiments: XVZ JQ SK ASP LK EP SQ. Analyzed the data: XVZ JQ ASP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XVZ JQ SK ASP LK EP SQ. Wrote the paper: XVZ ASP JQ SK.