About the Authors
- Luisa A. Marcelino
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* E-mail: l-marcelino@northwestern.edu
Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Mark W. Westneat
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Affiliation Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Valentina Stoyneva
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Jillian Henss
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Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jeremy D. Rogers
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Andrew Radosevich
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Vladimir Turzhitsky
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Margaret Siple
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Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Andrew Fang
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Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Timothy D. Swain
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Affiliations Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Jennifer Fung
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Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Vadim Backman
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Measured and analyzed optical and structural properties of corals using LEBS: VS JR VB. Built phylogenetic tree: MWW JH. Carried out the phylogenetic analysis: MWW JH TDS. Carried out correlation, clustering and linear regression analysis and measurement uncertainty: LAM VB. Built bleaching response dataset: JH MS LAM. Collected and cataloged the samples: JH MS VS. Measured and analyzed optical properties using integrating sphere and performed light-amplification experiments: VS JR VB. Conceived and designed the experiments: LAM VB MWW JR. Performed the experiments: JH MS VS AF JF AR VT. Analyzed the data: JH TDS MWW LAM VB JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MWW LAM VB. Wrote the paper: LAM MWW TDS VB.