About the Authors

Margarita N. Lavides

Contributed equally to this work with: Margarita N. Lavides, Erina Pauline V. Molina, Gregorio E. de la Rosa Jr, Nicholas V. C. Polunin

marine@haribon.org.ph; lavides@yahoo.com

Affiliation Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Aurora Blvd Quezon City, 1102, Philippines

Erina Pauline V. Molina

Contributed equally to this work with: Margarita N. Lavides, Erina Pauline V. Molina, Gregorio E. de la Rosa Jr, Nicholas V. C. Polunin

Affiliation Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Aurora Blvd Quezon City, 1102, Philippines

Gregorio E. de la Rosa Jr

Contributed equally to this work with: Margarita N. Lavides, Erina Pauline V. Molina, Gregorio E. de la Rosa Jr, Nicholas V. C. Polunin

Affiliation Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Aurora Blvd Quezon City, 1102, Philippines

Aileen C. Mill

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE17RU, United Kingdom

Stephen P. Rushton

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE17RU, United Kingdom

Selina M. Stead

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE17RU, United Kingdom

Nicholas V. C. Polunin

Contributed equally to this work with: Margarita N. Lavides, Erina Pauline V. Molina, Gregorio E. de la Rosa Jr, Nicholas V. C. Polunin

Affiliation School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE17RU, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNL NVCP EPVM GEDLR ACM SPR SMS. Performed the experiments: EPVM GEDLR. Analyzed the data: MNL NVCP EPVM GEDLR ACM SPR SMS. Wrote the paper: MNL NVCP EPVM GEDLR ACM SPR SMS.