Shark Predation on Migrating Adult American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Mélanie Béguer-Pon; José Benchetrit; Martin Castonguay; Kim Aarestrup; Steven E. Campana; Michael J. W. Stokesbury; Julian J. Dodson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046830

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Shark Predation on Migrating Adult American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Mélanie Béguer-Pon ,

* E-mail: melanie.beguer.1@ulaval.ca

Affiliation Université Laval, Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Québec, Canada
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José Benchetrit,

Affiliation Université Laval, Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Martin Castonguay,

Affiliation Institut Maurice-Lamontagne , Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada
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Kim Aarestrup,

Affiliation Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resource, Silkeborg, Denmark
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Steven E. Campana,

Affiliation Canadian Shark Research Laboratory at the Bedford, Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Michael J. W. Stokesbury,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Julian J. Dodson

Affiliation Université Laval, Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Shark Predation on Migrating Adult American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Mélanie Béguer-Pon,
José Benchetrit,
Martin Castonguay,
Kim Aarestrup,
Steven E. Campana,
Michael J. W. Stokesbury,
Julian J. Dodson

Published: October 17, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046830

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Publisher's Note: Error in Author Contributions

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 22 May 2013 at 23:00 GMT

There was an error in entering the author initials into the author contributions. The initials MJWC are incorrect; the correct initials are MC. The correct author contributions list is the following:

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB JB KA JJD MC.
Performed the experiments: MB JB KA JJD MC.
Analyzed the data: MB JJD.
Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB JJD SEC.
Wrote the paper: MB JB MC JJD KA SEC MJWS.
Provided data for porbeagle shark: SEC.
Provided data for bluefin tuna: MJWS.

No competing interests declared.

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