About the Authors

Connie Y. Kot

connie.kot@duke.edu

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Ei Fujioka

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Lucie J. Hazen

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Benjamin D. Best

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrew J. Read

Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick N. Halpin

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CYK AR PNH. Performed the experiments: CYK EF. Analyzed the data: CYK EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYK EF LJH BDB AR PNH. Wrote the paper: CYK.