About the Authors

Melissa A. Miller

mmiller@ospr.dfg.ca.gov

Affiliations Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Ocean Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Raphael M. Kudela

Affiliation Ocean Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Abdu Mekebri

Affiliation Water Pollution Control Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Rancho Cordova, California, United States of America

Dave Crane

Affiliation Water Pollution Control Laboratory, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Rancho Cordova, California, United States of America

Stori C. Oates

Affiliation Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

M. Timothy Tinker

Affiliation Western Ecological Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Long Marine Laboratory, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Michelle Staedler

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

Woutrina A. Miller

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sharon Toy-Choutka

Affiliation Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Clare Dominik

Affiliation Applied Marine Sciences, Livermore, California, United States of America

Dane Hardin

Affiliation Applied Marine Sciences, Livermore, California, United States of America

Gregg Langlois

Affiliation California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States of America

Michael Murray

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

Kim Ward

Affiliation Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Sacramento, California, United States of America

David A. Jessup

Affiliation Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM RMK SCO CD DH KW DAJ. Performed the experiments: MAM RMK AM DBC SCO MTT MS STC CD. Analyzed the data: MAM RMK AM DBC SCO MTT STC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAM RMK AM DBC MTT MS WM DH GL MM KW DAJ. Wrote the paper: MAM RMK AM DBC SCO MTT MS WM STC CD DH GL MM KW DAJ.