About the Authors

João Canning-Clode

canning-clodej@si.edu

Affiliations Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America, CIMAR/CIIMAR – Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Porto, Portugal

Paul Fofonoff

Affiliation Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America

Gerhardt F. Riedel

Affiliation Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America

Mark Torchin

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama

Gregory M. Ruiz

Affiliation Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCC MT GMR. Performed the experiments: JCC. Analyzed the data: JCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCC PF GFR MT GMR. Wrote the manuscript: JCC PF GFR MT GMR.