About the Authors

Michelle Wille

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Gregory J. Robertson

Affiliation Wildlife Research Division, Environment Canada, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Canada

Hugh Whitney

Affiliation Animal Health Division, Department of Natural Resources, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Mary Anne Bishop

Affiliation Prince William Sound Science Centre, Cordova, Alaska, United States of America

Jonathan A. Runstadler

Affiliation Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

Andrew S. Lang

aslang@mun.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW JAR ASL. Performed the experiments: MW. Analyzed the data: MW ASL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GJR HW MAB JAR ASL. Wrote the paper: MW GJR HW JAR MAB ASL.