About the Authors
- E. L. Carroll
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* E-mail: elc6@st-andrews.ac.uk
Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, East Sands, St Andrews, Scotland
- R. M. Fewster
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Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- S. J. Childerhouse
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Affiliation Blue Planet Marine, Kingston, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- N. J. Patenaude
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Affiliation Collégial International Sainte-Anne, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- L. Boren
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Affiliation New Zealand Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand
- C. S. Baker
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Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, United States of America
Competing Interests
Some research funding, for field work and laboratory costs, was contributed by Brian Skerry Photography, Blue Planet Marine and OMV New Zealand Ltd. There are no relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products relating to this to be made, nor does it impose restrictions on sharing of data and/or materials related to this publication. This declared Competing Interest does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ELC RMF CSB. Performed the experiments: ELC SJC NJP LB CSB. Analyzed the data: ELC RMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELC RMF SJC NJP LB CSB. Wrote the paper: ELC RMF SJC NJP LB CSB.