About the Authors

Michael C. Melnychuk

mmel@u.washington.edu

Affiliation University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeannette A. Banobi

Affiliation University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ray Hilborn

Affiliation University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCM RH. Performed the experiments: MCM JAB. Analyzed the data: MCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCM RH. Wrote the paper: MCM. Edited manuscript for intellectual content: JAB RH.