About the Authors

David J. Starkey

d.j.starkey@hull.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of History, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Tim D. Smith

Affiliation History of Marine Animal Populations, Redding, California, United States of America

Michaela Barnard

Affiliation Department of History, University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJS TDS MB. Analyzed the data: DJS TDS MB. Wrote the paper: DJS TDS MB.