About the Authors

Serena Hackerott

snhackerott@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Abel Valdivia

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Stephanie J. Green

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Isabelle M. Côté

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Courtney E. Cox

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Lad Akins

Affiliation REEF, Key Largo, Florida, United States of America

Craig A. Layman

Affiliation Marine Sciences Program, Florida International University, North Miami, Florida, United States of America

William F. Precht

Current address: Dial Cordy & Associates, Inc., Miami, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation NOAA – Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Key Largo, Florida, United States of America

John F. Bruno

Affiliation Department of Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

No competing interests exist. William Precht and the firm with which he is employed (Dial Cordy & Associates, Inc.) have no conflicts or competing interests. The work performed on this manuscript by William Precht was not performed under any contract and was completed on his personal time outside of work obligations. 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: SH AV CAL JFB. Performed the experiments: SH AV SJG IMC CEC LA JFB. Analyzed the data: AV SJG. Wrote the paper: SH AV IMC JFB. Contributed ideas, comments, editing: WFP.