About the Authors

Meir Sussman

dsmb007@jcu.edu.au

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Jos C. Mieog

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, University of Groningen, Dept. of Marine Bentic Ecology and Evolution, Biological Center, Haren, The Netherlands

Jason Doyle

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Steven Victor

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), Koror, Republic of Palau

Bette L. Willis

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

David G. Bourne

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS JCM JD SV BLW DB. Performed the experiments: MS JCM JD SV. Analyzed the data: MS JCM DB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM BLW DB. Wrote the paper: MS BLW DB.