About the Authors

Reef K. Junjie

Affiliation Experimental Marine and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Nicola K. Browne

Nicola.browne@my.jcu.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Paul L. A. Erftemeijer

Affiliations Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), Perth, Australia, The UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Peter A. Todd

Affiliations Experimental Marine and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors confirm that they have the following interests: co-author Nicola Browne is employed at DHI Singapore and Paul Erftemeijer is employed by Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: RKJ PAT PLAE. Performed the experiments: RKJ. Analyzed the data: RKJ NKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKJ PAT NKB. Wrote the paper: RKJ NKB PAT PLAE.