About the Authors

Patricia A. Tester

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ocean.tester@gmail.com

Affiliation Ocean Tester, LLC, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Bruce Wright

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Knik Tribe, Palmer, Alaska, United States of America

Richard Wayne Litaker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation CSS Inc. Under contract to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Patryce McKinney

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Environmental Health Laboratory, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America

William C. Holland

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Steven R. Kibler

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark W. Vandersea

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.