About the Authors

Carina F. Marón

carimaron@icb.org.ar

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lucas Beltramino

Affiliation Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca Austral, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Matías Di Martino

Affiliation Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca Austral, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Andrea Chirife

Affiliation Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca Austral, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina

Jon Seger

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Marcela Uhart

Affiliations Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca Austral, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mariano Sironi

Affiliations Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca Austral, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, Diversidad Animal II, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

Victoria J. Rowntree

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Programa de Monitoreo Sanitario Ballena Franca Austral, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, Ocean Alliance/Whale Conservation Institute, Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CFM VJR JS MU. Performed the experiments: CFM LB MDM AC VJR. Analyzed the data: CFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CFM MU MS VJR. Wrote the paper: CFM JS MU MS VJR.