About the Authors

Jonathan H. Grabowski

jgrabowski@gmri.org

Affiliation Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Erika J. Clesceri

Affiliation U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Adam J. Baukus

Affiliation University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Julien Gaudette

Affiliation Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Matthew Weber

Affiliation Monhegan Island, Maine, United States of America

Philip O. Yund

Current address: University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, United States of America

Affiliation University of Maine, Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHG EJC POY. Performed the experiments: JHG AJB JG MW. Analyzed the data: JHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHG EJC. Wrote the paper: JHG POY.