About the Authors

Joseph B. Pfaller

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph B. Pfaller, Mariela Pajuelo

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jpfaller@ufl.edu

Affiliations Caretta Research Project, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America, Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Mariela Pajuelo

Contributed equally to this work with: Joseph B. Pfaller, Mariela Pajuelo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Thompson Earth Systems Institute, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliations Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Pro Delphinus, Lima, Peru

Hannah B. Vander Zanden

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Kimberly M. Andrews

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliations Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island, Georgia, United States of America, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Mark G. Dodd

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America

Matthew H. Godfrey

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

DuBose B. Griffin

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

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

Breanna L. Ondich

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island, Georgia, United States of America

S. Michelle Pate

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

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

Kristina L. Williams

Roles Resources

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Caretta Research Project, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

Brian M. Shamblin

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Campbell J. Nairn

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Alan B. Bolten

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Karen A. Bjorndal

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research and Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.