About the Authors

Asia O. Armstrong

a.armstrong2@uq.edu.au

Affiliations Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Amelia J. Armstrong

Affiliations Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Fabrice R. A. Jaine

Affiliations Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, Biophysical Oceanography Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, Manta Ray and Whale Shark Research Centre, Marine Megafauna Foundation, Tofo Beach, Inhambane, Mozambique

Lydie I. E. Couturier

Affiliations Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, Aix-Marseille Université, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (M.I.O), UMR 7294, UR 235, Campus de Luminy, Case 901, 13288, Marseille, Cedex 09, France

Kym Fiora

Affiliation Lady Elliot Island Dive Shop, Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Australia

Julian Uribe-Palomino

Affiliation CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, EcoScience Precinct, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia

Scarla J. Weeks

Affiliation Biophysical Oceanography Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Kathy A. Townsend

Affiliation Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Mike B. Bennett

Affiliations Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Anthony J. Richardson

Affiliations Project Manta, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, EcoScience Precinct, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia, Centre for Applications in Natural Resource Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Competing Interests

There should be no competing interest in receiving support from Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort, as they do not seek to benefit from the outcome of the research. Therefore this partnership does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AOA FJ LC SW AR. Performed the experiments: AOA FJ LC KF. Analyzed the data: AOA AJA JU AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF SW KT MB AR. Wrote the paper: AOA FJ LC SW KT MB AR.