About the Authors

Sebastian Schmidt-Roach

s.schmidt-roach@aims.gov.au

Affiliations Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Karen J. Miller

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

Erika Woolsey

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Gabriele Gerlach

Affiliation Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Institute for Biology and Environmental Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany

Andrew H. Baird

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS-R KM. Analyzed the data: SS-R. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS-R KM AB. Prepared and executed the field experiments with helpful assistance from the remaining authors: SS-R. Prepared the manuscript with helpful assistance from the remaining authors: SS-R.