About the Authors

Christina Carl

tine.carl@my.jcu.edu.au

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, Centre of Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Andrew J. Poole

Affiliation CSIRO Materials Science Engineering, Belmont, Australia

Mike R. Williams

Affiliations Fisheries Victoria, Fisheries Research Branch, Queenscliff, Australia, Victorian Shellfish Hatcheries Pty Ltd, Queenscliff, Australia

Rocky de Nys

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, Centre of Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Competing Interests

MRW is employed by the Victorian Shellfish Hatcheries Pty Ltd, but 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: CC RdN AJP MRW. Performed the experiments: CC MRW. Analyzed the data: CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJP MRW. Wrote the paper: CC RdN AJP.