About the Authors

Christine A. Ward-Paige

globalshark@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Camilo Mora

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Heike K. Lotze

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Christy Pattengill-Semmens

Affiliation Reef Environmental Education Foundation, Key Largo, Florida, United States of America

Loren McClenachan

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Ery Arias-Castro

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ransom A. Myers

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAWP CM RAM. Analyzed the data: CAWP CM HKL EAC RAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPS LM RAM. Wrote the paper: CAWP CM HKL.