About the Authors

Georgina G. Gurney

georgina.gurney@gmail.com

Affiliations Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Jessica Melbourne-Thomas

Affiliations Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Rollan C. Geronimo

Affiliation Conservation International Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Perry M. Aliño

Affiliation Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines

Craig R. Johnson

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GGG JMT CRJ RCG PMA. Performed the experiments: GGG JMT. Analyzed the data: GGG JMT CRJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GGG CRJ JMT RCG. Wrote the paper: GGG JMT CRJ RCG PMA.