About the Authors

Andrea M. Quattrini

aquattrini@usgs.gov

Affiliation Cherokee Nations Technology Solutions, Contracted to the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, US Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

Martha S. Nizinski

Affiliation NOAA, NMFS, National Systematics Laboratory, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States of America

Jason D. Chaytor

Affiliation USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America

Amanda W. J. Demopoulos

Affiliation Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, US Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL, United States of America

E. Brendan Roark

Affiliation Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

Scott C. France

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States of America

Jon A. Moore

Affiliations Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, United States of America, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, FAU, Ft. Pierce, FL, United States of America

Taylor Heyl

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

Peter J. Auster

Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences and Northeast Undersea Research Technology and Education Center, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States of America, Sea Research Foundation, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, CT, United States of America

Brian Kinlan

Affiliation NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

Carolyn Ruppel

Affiliation USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States of America

Kelley P. Elliott

Affiliation NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States of America

Brian R.C. Kennedy

Affiliation NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Narragansett, RI, United States of America

Elizabeth Lobecker

Affiliation Earth Resources Technology Corporation, Contracted to the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Durham, NH, United States of America

Adam Skarke

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

Timothy M. Shank

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMQ MSN JDC AWJD EBR SCF PJA BK CR TMS. Performed the experiments: AMQ MSN JDC AWJD EBR SCF JAM TH PJA BK CR TMS. Analyzed the data: AMQ JDC. Wrote the paper: AMQ MSN JDC AWJD PJA. Additional edits to the manuscript: EBR SCF JAM PJA CR TMS. Provided taxonomic expertise: AMQ MSN SCF JAM PJA. Coordinated ROV expeditions and guided logistical aspects of this project: KPE BRCK. Led multibeam data collection and analyses: EL AS. Led science objectives at sea: AMQ EBR AWJD MSN TMS.