About the Authors

Nadia I. Richman

nadia.richman@ioz.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom, School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

James M. Gibbons

Affiliation School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Samuel T. Turvey

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, United Kingdom

Tomonari Akamatsu

Affiliation National Research Institute of Fisheries Engineering, Fisheries Research Agency, Kamisu, Ibaraki, Japan

Benazir Ahmed

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project, Wildlife Conservation Society, Khulna, Bangladesh

Emile Mahabub

Affiliation Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project, Wildlife Conservation Society, Khulna, Bangladesh

Brian D. Smith

Affiliations Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project, Wildlife Conservation Society, Khulna, Bangladesh, Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Julia P. G. Jones

Affiliation School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, Gwynedd, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NR ST JPGJ TA. Performed the experiments: NR TA EM BA. Analyzed the data: NR JPGJ JMG ST BDS TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NR BDS BA TA. Wrote the paper: NR TA BDS JPGJ JMG ST.