About the Authors

Melvin Chew

Affiliation Department of Marine Science, School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Azman Abdul Rahim

abarahim@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Marine Science, School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, Marine Ecosystem Research Center (EKOMAR), Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Othman bin Haji Ross

Affiliations Department of Marine Science, School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia, Marine Ecosystem Research Center (EKOMAR), Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC OBHJ. Performed the experiments: MC AAR. Analyzed the data: MC AAR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAR OBHJ. Wrote the paper: MC.