About the Authors

Mary I. O'Connor

oconnor@nceas.ucsb.edu

Current address: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Affiliations Curriculum in Ecology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael F. Piehler

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, North Carolina, United States of America

Dina M. Leech

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrea Anton

Affiliations Curriculum in Ecology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

John F. Bruno

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: MIO MFP JFB. Performed the experiments: MIO MFP DML AA. Analyzed the data: MIO MFP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MFP DML. Wrote the paper: MIO.