About the Authors

James H. W. Hain

jhain@earthlink.net

Affiliation Associated Scientists at Woods Hole, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joy D. Hampp

Affiliation Marineland Right Whale Project, Marineland, Florida, United States of America

Sheila A. McKenney

Affiliation Marineland Right Whale Project, Marineland, Florida, United States of America

Julie A. Albert

Affiliation Marine Resources Council, Palm Bay, Florida, United States of America

Robert D. Kenney

Affiliation Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that funding has been received from only a single commercial source, Jacoby Development, Inc. With this exception, the funds received have been from government agencies, foundations and charitable funds, and private donors. In all cases, there are no competing interests related to the objective presentation, peer review, or editorial decision-making for this publication. This publication is in compliance with PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHWH JDH SAM JAA RDK. Performed the experiments: JHWH JDH SAM JAA. Analyzed the data: JHWH JDH SAM RDK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHWH RDK. Wrote the paper: JHWH RDK.