About the Authors

Michael J. H. Hickford

michael.hickford@canterbury.ac.nz

Affiliation Marine Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

David R. Schiel

Affiliation Marine Ecology Research Group, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJHH DRS. Performed the experiments: MJHH. Analyzed the data: MJHH DRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJHH DRS. Wrote the paper: MJHH DRS.