About the Authors

Loke Ming Chou

Contributed equally to this work with: Loke Ming Chou, Tai Chong Toh

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Tai Chong Toh

Contributed equally to this work with: Loke Ming Chou, Tai Chong Toh

Taichong.toh@nus.edu.sg

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Kok Ben Toh

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Chin Soon Lionel Ng

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Patrick Cabaitan

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Karenne Tun

Affiliation National Biodiversity Centre, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore, 259569

Eugene Goh

Affiliation DHI Water and Environment, 1 Cleantech Loop, 03-04 CleanTech One, Singapore, 637141

Lutfi Afiq-Rosli

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Daisuke Taira

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Rosa Celia Poquita Du

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Hai Xin Loke

Affiliation Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119227

Aizat Khalis

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543

Jinghan Li

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543

Tiancheng Song

Affiliation Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, 460 Alexandra Road PSA Building, Singapore, 119963

Competing Interests

One of the authors, EG is employed by a commercial company: DHI Water and Environment. This commercial affiliation does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMC TCT KBT PC. Performed the experiments: LMC TCT KBT PC LAR DT RCPD HXL AK JL. Analyzed the data: LMC TCT KBT CSLN PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMC TCT KBT PC. Wrote the paper: LMC TCT KBT CSLN PC LAR DT RCPD HXL AK JL EG KT TS.