About the Authors

Christine A. Ward-Paige

globalshark@gmail.com

Current address: National Marine Fisheries Service, SEFSC, Panama City Laboratory, Panama City, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Heike K. Lotze

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWP. Performed the experiments: CWP. Analyzed the data: CWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWP. Wrote the paper: CWP HL.