About the Authors

Josh M. London

josh.london@noaa.gov

Affiliation National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jay M. Ver Hoef

Affiliation National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Steven J. Jeffries

Affiliation Marine Mammal Investigations, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America

Monique M. Lance

Affiliation Marine Mammal Investigations, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America

Peter L. Boveng

Affiliation National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JML SJJ MML. Performed the experiments: JML SJJ MML JVH. Analyzed the data: JML JVH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJJ PLB. Wrote the paper: JML JVH.