About the Authors

Nicholas A. Farmer

nick.farmer@noaa.gov

Affiliation NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

William D. Heyman

Affiliation LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc., Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Mandy Karnauskas

Affiliation NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fishery Science Center, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Shinichi Kobara

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Tracey I. Smart

Affiliation South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Joseph C. Ballenger

Affiliation South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Marcel J. M. Reichert

Affiliation South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

David M. Wyanski

Affiliation South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Research Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Michelle S. Tishler

Affiliation Meadows Ecological, Inc., Indialantic, Florida, United States of America

Kenyon C. Lindeman

Affiliation Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America

Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Theodore S. Switzer

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

Justin J. Solomon

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Jacksonville Field Laboratory, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Kyle McCain

Affiliation LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc., Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Mark Marhefka

Affiliation Abundant Seafood, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

George R. Sedberry

Affiliation NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Although some authors were employed by commercial companies (i.e., WDH, KM: LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc.; MST: Meadows Ecological, Inc.; and MM: Abundant Seafood), this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NAF WDH MK. Data curation: NAF WDH MK SK TIS JCB MJMR DMW MST KCL SKLB TSS JJS KM MM. Formal analysis: NAF MK. Investigation: NAF WDH MK SK TIS JCB MJMR DMW MST KCL SKLB TSS JJS KM MM GRS. Methodology: NAF MK. Project administration: NAF. Resources: NAF MK. Software: NAF MK. Supervision: NAF WDH MK MJMR KCL SKLB GRS. Validation: NAF MK TIS JCB MJMR DMW MST KCL SKLB TSS JJS KM MM. Visualization: NAF MK. Writing – original draft: NAF WDH MK KCL. Writing – review & editing: NAF WDH MK SK TIS JCB MJMR DMW MST KCL SKLB TSS JJS KM MM GRS.