About the Authors

Franziska Althaus

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Franzis.Althaus@csiro.au

Affiliation CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Nicole Hill

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Renata Ferrari

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences & Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney & Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Luke Edwards

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre / WAMSI, Mt Lawley, WA, Australia

Rachel Przeslawski

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Geoscience Australia, National Earth and Marine Observations Group, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Christine H. L. Schönberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliations The UWA Oceans Institute (M096), Crawley, WA, Australia, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Australia

Rick Stuart-Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Neville Barrett

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Graham Edgar

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Jamie Colquhoun

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, The UWA Oceans Institute (M096), 39 Fairway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

Maggie Tran

Contributed equally to this work with: Franziska Althaus, Nicole Hill, Renata Ferrari, Luke Edwards, Rachel Przeslawski, Christine H. L. Schönberg, Rick Stuart-Smith, Neville Barrett, Graham Edgar, Jamie Colquhoun, Maggie Tran

Affiliation Geoscience Australia, National Earth and Marine Observations Group, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Alan Jordan

‡ These authors made smaller but essential contributions to this work.

Affiliation NSW Department of Industries, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia

Tony Rees

‡ These authors made smaller but essential contributions to this work.

Affiliation CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Karen Gowlett-Holmes

‡ These authors made smaller but essential contributions to this work.

Affiliation CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Tas, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: FA NH RF LE RP CHLS RSS NB GE JC MT TR. Contributed to design of classification according to their relevant expertise: FA NH RF RP CHLS RSS NB GE JC MT AJ KGH. Incorporated classification into CAAB: TR KGH.