About the Authors

Christian Ramp

car@rorqual.com

Affiliations Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada, Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom

Julien Delarue

Affiliation Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada

Per J. Palsbøll

Affiliation Marine Evolution and Conservation, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Richard Sears

Affiliation Mingan Island Cetacean Study, St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada

Philip S. Hammond

Affiliation Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR JD RS. Performed the experiments: CR JD RS. Analyzed the data: CR PSH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR PJP PSH. Wrote the paper: CR JD PJP RS PSH.