About the Authors

Steven R. Schill

Affiliation Caribbean Program, The Nature Conservancy, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America

George T. Raber

george.raber@usm.edu

Affiliation Department of Geography and Geology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Jason J. Roberts

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Eric A. Treml

Affiliation School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jorge Brenner

Affiliation Texas Chapter, The Nature Conservancy, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Patrick N. Halpin

Affiliation Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRS GTR JJR EAT. Performed the experiments: SRS GTR JJR EAT. Analyzed the data: SRS GTR JJR EAT JB PNH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRS GTR JJR EAT PNH. Wrote the paper: SRS GTR JJR EAT.