About the Authors

Volker Koch

vokoch68@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Marine Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Investigación para la Conservación y el Desarrollo, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Department of the Directorate, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Bremen, Germany

Hoyt Peckham

Affiliations Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias AC, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Agnese Mancini

Affiliations Department of Marine Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Boomerang For Earth Conservation, Antony, France

Tomoharu Eguchi

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VK AM HP. Performed the experiments: VK AM HP. Analyzed the data: VK AM TE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VK TE AM HP. Wrote the paper: VK AM TE HP.