About the Authors

Troy C. Nelson

troy@frasersturgeon.com

Affiliation Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Phaedra Doukakis

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Steven T. Lindley

Affiliation National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Andrea D. Schreier

Affiliation Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Joseph E. Hightower

Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Applied Ecology, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Larry R. Hildebrand

Affiliation Golder Associates Ltd., Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada

Rebecca E. Whitlock

Affiliation Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Molly A. H. Webb

Affiliation U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman Fish Technology Center, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

Larry R. Hildebrand is an employee of Golder Associates Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCN. Performed the experiments: TCN PD STL ADS JEH LRH REW MAHW. Analyzed the data: TCN PD STL. Wrote the paper: TCN PD STL ADS JEH LRH REW MAHW.