About the Authors

Joy E. Stanistreet

joy.stanistreet@duke.edu

Affiliations Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Denise Risch

Affiliation Integrated Statistics, Inc., Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sofie M. Van Parijs

Affiliation Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

DR is employed by Integrated Statistics Inc.. The company employs contract biologists and other personnel working for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA. This professional affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JES DR SMVP. Performed the experiments: JES. Analyzed the data: JES. Wrote the paper: JES DR SMVP.