About the Authors

George H. Burgess

gburgess@flmnh.ufl.edu

Affiliation Florida Program for Shark Research, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Barry D. Bruce

Affiliation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, TAS, Australia

Gregor M. Cailliet

Affiliation Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Moss Landing, California, United States of America

Kenneth J. Goldman

Affiliation Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Homer, Alaska, United States of America

R. Dean Grubbs

Affiliation Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, St. Teresa, Florida, United States of America

Christopher G. Lowe

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America

M. Aaron MacNeil

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Henry F. Mollet

Affiliations Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Moss Landing, California, United States of America, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, United States of America

Kevin C. Weng

Affiliation Pelagic Fisheries Research Program, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

John B. O'Sullivan

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GHB BDB GMC RDG KJG CGL MAM HFM KCW JBO. Performed the experiments: GHB BDB GMC RDG KJG CGL MAM HFM KCW JBO. Analyzed the data: GHB BDB GMC RDG KJG CGL MAM HFM KCW JBO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GHB BDB GMC RDG KJG CGL MAM HFM KCW JBO. Wrote the paper: GHB BDB GMC RDG KJG CGL MAM HFM KCW JBO.