About the Authors

Steve Whalan

stephen.whalan@scu.edu.au

Affiliation Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, 2480, New South Wales, Australia

Muhammad A. Abdul Wahab

Affiliations MACRO—the Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3 Townsville, Queensland, 4810, Australia, AIMS@JCU, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia

Susanne Sprungala

Affiliations ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Department of Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia

Andrew J. Poole

Affiliation CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship, Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, 3216, Victoria, Australia

Rocky de Nys

Affiliation MACRO—the Centre for Macroalgal Resources and Biotechnology, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW RdN. Performed the experiments: SW MAW SS. Analyzed the data: SW MAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW RdN AP. Wrote the paper: SW. Revised the paper: MAW SS AP RdN.