About the Authors

Andrew J. Pershing

andrew.pershing@maine.edu

Affiliations School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Line B. Christensen

Affiliation Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nicholas R. Record

Affiliations School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Graham D. Sherwood

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

Peter B. Stetson

Affiliations School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP. Performed the experiments: AP LBC NRR. Analyzed the data: AP LBC NRR GDS PBS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP. Wrote the paper: AP LBC NRR GDS PBS.