About the Authors

Johanna Jacomina Heymans

sheilaheymans@yahoo.com

Affiliation Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Argyll, United Kingdom

Marta Coll

Current address: UMR 212 Ecosystèmes Marins Exploités (IRD/IFREMER/UM2), BP 171, Sète, France

Affiliations Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain, Ecopath International Initiative Research Association, Barcelona, Spain

Simone Libralato

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Borgo Grotta Gigante, Sgonico, Zgonik (TS), Italy

Lyne Morissette

Affiliation M – Expertise Marine, Sainte-Luce, Quebec, Canada

Villy Christensen

Affiliation Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

Lyne Morissette employed by M-Expertise Marine. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH MC SL. Performed the experiments: JH MC SL. Analyzed the data: JH MC SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH MC SL. Wrote the paper: JH MC SL LM VC. Contributed data from models: JH MC SL LM VC.