About the Authors
- Fiorenza Micheli
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* E-mail: micheli@stanford.edu
Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
- Benjamin S. Halpern
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Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, and the Center for Marine Assessment and Planning, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
- Shaun Walbridge
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Affiliation ESRI, Redlands, California, United States of America
- Saul Ciriaco
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Affiliation Miramare Marine Protected Area, Trieste, Italy
- Francesco Ferretti
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Affiliation Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America
- Simonetta Fraschetti
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Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Biology, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Rebecca Lewison
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Affiliation Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Leo Nykjaer
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Affiliation European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy
- Andrew A. Rosenberg
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Affiliation Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
One of the co-authors' (SW) affiliation with a commercial company (ESRI) does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FM BH. Analyzed the data: SW FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW BH FM SC LN RL. Wrote the paper: FM BH SW FF SF RL LN AR.