About the Authors
- Rafael de la Parra Venegas
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Affiliation Proyecto Dominó, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México
- Robert Hueter
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Affiliation Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
- Jaime González Cano
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Affiliation Proyecto Dominó, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México
- John Tyminski
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Affiliation Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
- José Gregorio Remolina
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Affiliation Proyecto Dominó, Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Cancún, Quintana Roo, México
- Mike Maslanka
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Affiliation Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Andrea Ormos
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Affiliation Laboratories of Analytical Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Lee Weigt
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Affiliation Laboratories of Analytical Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Bruce Carlson
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Affiliation Georgia Aquarium Research Center, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Alistair Dove
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* E-mail: adove@georgiaaquarium.org
Affiliation Georgia Aquarium Research Center, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
Authors BC and AD are employees of Georgia Aquarium, which sponsored the research described in the manuscript. Both authors made substantial contributions to the research manuscript preparation and their affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to the PLoS policies regarding the sharing of data and materials relevant to the research.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RdlPV RH JGC JGR MM LW BC AD. Performed the experiments: RdlPV RH JGC JT JGR MM AO LW BC AD. Analyzed the data: RdlPV RH JT MM AO LW BC AD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RdlPV RH JGC JT JGR MM AO LW BC AD. Wrote the paper: RdlPV AD BC. Sequenced fish genes: AO LW. Nutritional analyses: MM.