About the Authors

Amy Apprill

apprill@whoi.edu (AA); tmincer@whoi.edu (TJM)

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jooke Robbins

Affiliation Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States of America

A. Murat Eren

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adam A. Pack

Affiliations University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America, The Dolphin Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Julie Reveillaud

Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

David Mattila

Affiliation Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Kihei, Hawaii, United States of America

Michael Moore

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Misty Niemeyer

Affiliation International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathleen M. T. Moore

Affiliation International Fund for Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tracy J. Mincer

apprill@whoi.edu (AA); tmincer@whoi.edu (TJM)

Affiliation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA TJM J. Robbins AAP MN KMTM MM. Performed the experiments: AA. Analyzed the data: AA AME J. Reveillaud. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJM J. Robbins AME AAP J. Reveillaud DM MM MN KMTM. Wrote the paper: AA TJM J. Robbins AME AAP J. Reveillaud DM MM MN KMTM.