About the Authors

Kelly R. Stewart

Affiliation Protected Resources Division, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Rebecca L. Lewison

rlewison@sciences.sdsu.edu

Affiliation Biology Department, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Daniel C. Dunn

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Rhema H. Bjorkland

Affiliation Duke Center for Marine Conservation, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Shaleyla Kelez

Affiliation Duke Center for Marine Conservation, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick N. Halpin

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Larry B. Crowder

Affiliation Duke Center for Marine Conservation, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRS RL DCD PNH LC. Analyzed the data: KRS RL DCD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRS RL DCD RHB SK. Wrote the paper: KRS RL DCD.