About the Authors

Yara Bernaldo de Quirós

ybernaldodequiros@whoi.edu

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

Jeffrey S. Seewald

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole, Massachusetts , United States of America

Sean P. Sylva

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole, Massachusetts , United States of America

Bill Greer

Affiliations Integrated Statistics, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Misty Niemeyer

Affiliation International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrea L. Bogomolni

Affiliations Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, University of Connecticut, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael J. Moore

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

Competing Interests

BG is employed by Integrated Statistics. 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: YB JSS SPS MJM. Performed the experiments: YB BG MN ALB MJM. Analyzed the data: YB ALB MJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YB JSS SPS BG MN MJM. Wrote the manuscript: YB JSS MJM.