About the Authors

Helen Bailey

hbailey@umces.edu

Affiliations Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Solomons, Maryland, United States of America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service/SWFSC/Environmental Research Division, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Sabrina Fossette

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Steven J. Bograd

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service/SWFSC/Environmental Research Division, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

George L. Shillinger

Affiliations Center for Ocean Solutions, Monterey, California, United States of America, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Alan M. Swithenbank

Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Jean-Yves Georges

Affiliations Université de Strasbourg, IPHC, Strasbourg, France, CNRS, UMR7178, 67037 Strasbourg, France

Philippe Gaspar

Affiliation Department of Marine Ecosystems, Collecte Localisation Satellites, Satellite Oceanography Division, Ramonville St Agne, France

K. H. Patrik Strömberg

Affiliation Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 1, Norrköping, Sweden

Frank V. Paladino

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

James R. Spotila

Affiliation Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Barbara A. Block

Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Graeme C. Hays

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB GCH. Performed the experiments: HB SF GCH. Analyzed the data: HB SF GCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB SF SJB GLS AMS JYG PG KHPS FVP JRS BAB GCH. Wrote the paper: HB SF GCH. Contributed to the first draft and to the corrections of the manuscript: HB SF SJB GLS AMS JYG PG KHPS FVP JRS BAB GCH.