About the Authors

Koty H. Sharp

kotysharp@gmail.com

Current address: Ocean Genome Legacy, Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America

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

Kim B. Ritchie

Affiliation Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

Peter J. Schupp

Affiliation University of Guam Station, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam

Raphael Ritson-Williams

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

Valerie J. Paul

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS KBR PJS RRW VP. Performed the experiments: KS KBR PJS VP. Analyzed the data: KS KBR PJS RRW VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS KBR PJS RRW VP. Wrote the paper: KS KBR PJS RRW VP.