About the Authors

Bruce Robison

robr@mbari.org

Affiliation Research Division, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America

Brad Seibel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Jeffrey Drazen

Affiliation Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BR BS JD. Performed the experiments: BR. Analyzed the data: BR BS JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BR BS JD.