About the Authors

Catherine L. Johnson

Catherine.Johnson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Affiliation Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Jeffrey A. Runge

Affiliation School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine and Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America

K. Alexandra Curtis

Affiliation Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Edward G. Durbin

Affiliation Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America

Jonathan A. Hare

Affiliation Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Narragansett, Rhode Island, United States of America

Lewis S. Incze

Affiliation Aquatic Systems Group, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Jason S. Link

Affiliation Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gary D. Melvin

Affiliation Saint Andrews Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Todd D. O'Brien

Affiliation Marine Ecosystems Division, Office of Science Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Lou Van Guelpen

Affiliation Atlantic Reference Centre, Huntsman Marine Science Centre, Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLJ JAR KAC EGD JAH LSI JL GDM TDO LVG. Analyzed the data: CLJ KAC JAH LSI JL LVG. Wrote the paper: CLJ JAR KAC EGD JAH LSI JL GDM TDO LVG.