About the Authors

Matthew Gordon

matthew.gordon@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Jamie Seymour

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Commercial funders: Mission Beach Tourism Commission (http://www.missionbeachtourism.com/), Lions Foundation of Australia (www.lionsclubs.org.au), National Geographic (www.nationalgeographic.com.au), Australian Geographic (www.australiangeographic.com.au), Cairns City Council (www.cairns.qld.gov.au), Cardwell Shire Council (www.csc.qld.gov.au), Growing the Smart State Queensland PhD grants (www.smartstate.qld.gov.au) and Comalco (http://www.riotintoalcan.com/). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG JS. Performed the experiments: MG JS. Analyzed the data: MG JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG JS. Wrote the paper: MG JS.