About the Authors

Daniela M. Ceccarelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ian M. McLeod, Tania M. Kenyon, Brett M. Lewis, Line K. Bay

dmcecca@gmail.com (DMC); ian.mcleod@jcu.edu.au (IMM)

Affiliations Marine Ecology Consultant, Nelly Bay, QLD, Australia, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Ian M. McLeod

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ian M. McLeod, Tania M. Kenyon, Brett M. Lewis, Line K. Bay

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

dmcecca@gmail.com (DMC); ian.mcleod@jcu.edu.au (IMM)

Affiliation TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Lisa Boström-Einarsson

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Scott E. Bryan

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Kathryn M. Chartrand

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Michael J. Emslie

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Mark T. Gibbs

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Division of Business Development, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Manuel Gonzalez Rivero

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Margaux Y. Hein

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Andrew Heyward

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Tania M. Kenyon

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ian M. McLeod, Tania M. Kenyon, Brett M. Lewis, Line K. Bay

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Brett M. Lewis

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ian M. McLeod, Tania M. Kenyon, Brett M. Lewis, Line K. Bay

Roles Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Neil Mattocks

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Reef Joint Field Management Program, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Maxine Newlands

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research), James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, School of Social Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Marie-Lise Schläppy

Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Faculty of Engineering, Oceans Graduate School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia

David J. Suggett

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Line K. Bay

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela M. Ceccarelli, Ian M. McLeod, Tania M. Kenyon, Brett M. Lewis, Line K. Bay

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville MC, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. DMC is a self-employed freelance researcher. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.