About the Authors
- Tom Bridge
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* E-mail: thomas.bridge@jcu.edu.au
Current address: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Affiliations School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Robin Beaman
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Affiliation School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
- Terry Done
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Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville MC, Queensland, Australia
- Jody Webster
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Affiliation Geocoastal Research Group, School of Earth Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors acknowledge also that they have received funding from a commercial source (L’Oreal). L’Oreal awarded a “Women in Science” Fellowship to Dr. Tracy Ainsworth from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, who in turn used this grant to contribute some funding towards one of the research expeditions. There is no commercial conflict of interest associated with this funding. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TB RB TD. Performed the experiments: TB RB JW. Analyzed the data: TB RB TD. Wrote the paper: TB RB TD JW.