About the Authors

Iliana Chollett

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

iliana.chollett@gmail.com

Affiliation Smithsonian Marine Station, Smithsonian Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Rachel Collin

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Panama City, Panama

Carolina Bastidas

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departamento de Biología de Organismos, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sea Grant Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aldo Cróquer

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

Peter M. H. Gayle

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, Centre for Marine Sciences, University of the West Indies, St. Ann, Jamaica

Eric Jordán-Dahlgren

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Puerto Morelos, Mexico

Karen Koltes

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior, Washington DC, United States of America

Hazel Oxenford

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

Alberto Rodriguez-Ramirez

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Ernesto Weil

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Jahson Alemu

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation University of the West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

David Bone

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Instituto de Tecnología y Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

Kenneth C. Buchan

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environment and Economy Directorate, Dorset County Council, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

Marcia Creary Ford

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Centre for Marine Sciences, University of West Indies, St. Ann, Jamaica

Edgar Escalante-Mancera

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Puerto Morelos, Mexico

Jaime Garzón-Ferreira

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, United States of America

Hector M. Guzmán

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Panama City, Panama

Björn Kjerfve

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation American University of Sharjah, Sharja, United Arab Emirates

Eduardo Klein

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

Croy McCoy

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Environment, Cayman Islands Government, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Gwyneth, United Kingdom

Arthur C. Potts

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation University of Trinidad and Tobago, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago

Francisco Ruíz-Rentería

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Puerto Morelos, Mexico

Struan R. Smith

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, Flatt’s, Bermuda

John Tschirky

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation American Bird Conservancy, International Program, Washington DC, United States of America

Jorge Cortés

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.