About the Authors

Christina Carl

tine.carl@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation MACRO – the Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Rocky de Nys

Affiliation MACRO – the Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Rebecca J. Lawton

Affiliation MACRO – the Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Nicholas A. Paul

Affiliation MACRO – the Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC RdN RL NP. Performed the experiments: CC RL. Analyzed the data: CC RL NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC RdN RL NP. Wrote the paper: CC RdN RL NP.