About the Authors

Anna M. Meissner

anna.meissner@gmail.com

Affiliation Coastal-Marine Research Group, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand

Fredrik Christiansen

Affiliations Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus, PO Box 423, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Western Australia, Australia

Emmanuelle Martinez

Affiliations Coastal-Marine Research Group, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand, Pacific Whale Foundation, 300 Ma’alaea Rd., Suite 211, Wailuku, Hawaii, United States of America

Matthew D. M. Pawley

Affiliation Coastal-Marine Research Group, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand

Mark B. Orams

Affiliations Coastal-Marine Research Group, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand Tourism Research Institute, School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland, New Zealand

Karen A. Stockin

Affiliation Coastal-Marine Research Group, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 102904, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMM KAS. Performed the experiments: AMM. Analyzed the data: AMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMM FC EM MDMP. Wrote the paper: AMM FC EM MDMP MBO KAS.