About the Authors

Simon P. Oliver

s.p.oliver@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliations The Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project, Malapascua Island, Cebu, The Philippines, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

John R. Turner

Affiliation School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Klemens Gann

Affiliation The Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project, Malapascua Island, Cebu, The Philippines

Medel Silvosa

Affiliation The Thresher Shark Research and Conservation Project, Malapascua Island, Cebu, The Philippines

Tim D'Urban Jackson

Affiliation School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPO. Performed the experiments: SPO KG. Analyzed the data: SPO TDJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPO JRT KG MS. Wrote the paper: SPO. Editorial input: JRT.