About the Authors
- Rebecca A. O’Leary
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* E-mail: rebecca.oleary@agric.wa.gov.au
Current address: Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, 3 Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, Western Australia 6151, Australia
Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, The UWA Oceans Institute (M096), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- Samantha Low-Choy
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Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
- Rebecca Fisher
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Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, The UWA Oceans Institute (M096), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- Kerrie Mengersen
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Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia
- M. Julian Caley
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Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia
Competing Interests
This study was supported by BHP Billiton through CReefs Australia (CReefs, Census of Marine Life). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RAO SLC RF KM MJC. Performed the experiments: MJC RF RAO. Analyzed the data: RAO RF SLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAO RF SLC KM MJC. Wrote the paper: RAO SLC RF KM MJC.