About the Authors
- Keith A. Hobson
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* E-mail: Keith.Hobson@ec.gc.ca
Affiliation Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- R. Charles Anderson
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Affiliation Manta Marine Pvt Ltd, Malé, Republic of Maldives
- David X. Soto
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Affiliations Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Leonard I. Wassenaar
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Affiliation Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Competing Interests
One of the authors (Charles Anderson) is employed by a commercial company (Manta Marine Pvt Ltd.). The authors declare that this represents no competing interests for their work as the company has nothing to do with the study whatsoever. As such this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KAH RCA. Performed the experiments: KAH RCA DXS LIW. Analyzed the data: KAH DXS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAH RCA DXS LIW. Wrote the paper: KAH RCA DXS LIW.