About the Authors

Nils C. Krueck

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nils.krueck@uqconnect.edu.au (NCK); p.j.mumby@uq.edu.au (PJM)

Affiliations Marine Spatial Ecology Lab and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Gabby N. Ahmadia

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oceans Program, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Washington, D. C., United States of America

Hugh P. Possingham

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Cynthia Riginos

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Eric A. Treml

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Peter J. Mumby

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

nils.krueck@uqconnect.edu.au (NCK); p.j.mumby@uq.edu.au (PJM)

Affiliations Marine Spatial Ecology Lab and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.