About the Authors

Mélanie Béguer-Pon

melanie.beguer.1@ulaval.ca

Affiliation Université Laval, Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Québec, Canada

José Benchetrit

Affiliation Université Laval, Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Québec, Canada

Martin Castonguay

Affiliation Institut Maurice-Lamontagne , Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mont-Joli, Québec, Canada

Kim Aarestrup

Affiliation Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resource, Silkeborg, Denmark

Steven E. Campana

Affiliation Canadian Shark Research Laboratory at the Bedford, Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Michael J. W. Stokesbury

Affiliation Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Julian J. Dodson

Affiliation Université Laval, Département de Biologie, Pavillon Vachon, Québec, Québec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB JB KA JJD MJWS. Performed the experiments: MB JB KA JJD MJWS. Analyzed the data: MB JJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB JJD SEC. Wrote the paper: MB JB MC JJD KA SEC MJWS. Provided data for porbeagle shark: SEC. Provided data for bluefin tuna: MJWS.