About the Authors

Martin Mendez

mm1772@columbia.edu

Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America, Fundación AquaMarina, Pinamar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Howard C. Rosenbaum

Affiliations Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Randall S. Wells

Affiliation Chicago Zoological Society, c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Andrew Stamper

Affiliation Walt Disney World Resorts, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States of America

Pablo Bordino

Affiliations Fundación AquaMarina, Pinamar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wildlife Trust Alliance, New York, New York, United States of America, Chicago Zoological Society, c/o Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

Andrew Stamper is employed by Walt Disney World Resorts. The authors' employment does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM HCR. Wrote the paper: MM HCR RSW AS PB.