About the Authors

Joseph B. Pfaller

jpfaller@ufl.edu

Affiliations Caretta Research Project, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America, Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Karen A. Bjorndal

Affiliation Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Milani Chaloupka

Affiliation Ecological Modeling Services P/L, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Kristina L. Williams

Affiliation Caretta Research Project, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Michael G. Frick

Affiliation Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Alan B. Bolten

Affiliation Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collected and Managed Data: JBP KLW MGF. Conceived and designed the experiments: JBP KAB MC ABB. Performed the experiments: JBP KAB MC ABB. Analyzed the data: JBP KAB MC ABB. Wrote the paper: JBP KAB MC KLW MGF ABB.