About the Authors

Avery B. Paxton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

avery.paxton@noaa.gov

Affiliations CSS-Inc., Fairfax, VA, United States of America, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States of America

Emily A. Newton

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

Alyssa M. Adler

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

Rebecca V. Van Hoeck

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

Edwin S. Iversen Jr.

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

J. Christopher Taylor

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

Affiliation National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, NC, United States of America

Charles H. Peterson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

Brian R. Silliman

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

Author ABP is employed by CSS-Inc. This affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.