About the Authors

Alexander M. Brown

alex.brown@murdoch.edu.au

These authors share co-first authorship.

Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Anna M. Kopps

These authors share co-first authorship.

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Marine Evolution and Conservation, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Simon J. Allen

Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Lars Bejder

Affiliation Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Guido J. Parra

Affiliations Cetacean Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution Lab, School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Daniele Cagnazzi

Affiliation Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Deborah Thiele

Affiliation Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Carol Palmer

Affiliations Marine Ecosystems, Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Land Resource Management, Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Celine H. Frère

Affiliation GeneCology Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJA LB GJP CHF. Performed the experiments: AMB AMK SJA LB BLC DC DT CP CHF. Analyzed the data: AMB AMK BLC CHF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJA LB CHF. Wrote the paper: AMB AMK SJA LB GJP DC CHF.