About the Authors

Aldo Croquer

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

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

aldo.croquer@tnc.org

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Caribbean Division, Marine Conservation Program, Central Caribbean,

Sergio D. Guendulain-García

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales del ICML, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, México

Jonathan S. Lefcheck

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America

Leah Harper

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, MarineGEO, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland United States of America

Elizabeth Shaver

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Caribbean Division, Marine Conservation Program, Central Caribbean,

Rita I. Sellares-Blasco

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos, Bayahibe, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Maria F. Villapando

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fundación Dominicana de Estudios Marinos, Bayahibe, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Ainhoa L. Zubillaga

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Innovation Center, Fundación Punta Cana, Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Rebecca Garcia-Camps

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Innovation Center, Fundación Punta Cana, Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Andreina Rivera

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marine Innovation Center, Fundación Punta Cana, Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic

Eva Salas

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jennifer Humberstone

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Contributed equally to this work with: Aldo Croquer, Sergio D. Guendulain-García, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Leah Harper, Elizabeth Shaver, Rita I. Sellares-Blasco, Maria F. Villapando, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Rebecca Garcia-Camps, Andreina Rivera, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales del ICML, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.