About the Authors

Timothy R. McClanahan

tmcclanahan@wcs.org

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Programs, Coral Reef Conservation Project, Mombasa, Kenya

Joseph M. Maina

Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Society, Marine Programs, Coral Reef Conservation Project, Mombasa, Kenya, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environment Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia

Nicholas A. J. Graham

Affiliations Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom

Kendall R. Jones

Affiliations Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environment Decisions, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRM JMM KRJ NAJG. Performed the experiments: TRM NAJG. Analyzed the data: KRJ JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMM KRJ TRM NAJG. Wrote the paper: TRM JMM NAJG KRJ.