About the Authors

Luke A. Rogers

luke.allister.rogers@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Stephanie J. Peacock

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Peter McKenzie

Affiliation Mainstream Canada, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Sharon DeDominicis

Affiliation Marine Harvest Canada, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Simon R. M. Jones

Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Peter Chandler

Affiliation Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada

Michael G. G. Foreman

Affiliation Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada

Crawford W. Revie

Affiliation Atlantic Veterinary College, University of PEI, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Martin Krkošek

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

This research is a product of the Broughton Archipelago Monitoring Program (www.bamp.ca), which is partly sponsored by Marine Harvest Canada, Mainstream Canada, and Grieg Seafood. Dr. Peter McKenzie is a Veterinarian and Fish Health Manager employed by the salmon aquaculture company Mainstream Canada. Sharon DeDominicis is an Environmental Sustainability Manager employed by the salmon aquaculture company Marine Harvest Canada. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Led collaboration: CWR MK. Revised the manuscript: SJP PM SD SRMJ PC MGGF CWR MK. Conceived and designed the experiments: LAR SJP MK. Performed the experiments: LAR. Analyzed the data: LAR. Wrote the paper: LAR.