About the Authors

Florita Flores

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Catherine J. Collier

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Philip Mercurio

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, University of Queensland and National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, Coopers Plains, Queensland, Australia

Andrew P. Negri

a.negri@aims.gov.au

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN FF CC. Performed the experiments: FF PM. Analyzed the data: FF AN PM CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN CC. Wrote the manuscript: AN FF CC PM.