About the Authors
- Bernardo Vargas-Ángel
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* E-mail: Bernado.VargasAngel@noaa.gov
Affiliation Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96818, United States of America
- Cristi L. Richards
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Affiliation 2525 Date St. Apt. 3101, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96826–5420, United States of America
- Peter S. Vroom
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Affiliation Ocean Associates, 1846 Wasp Blvd. Bldg., # 176, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96818, United States of America
- Nichole N. Price
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Affiliation Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Dr., East Boothbay, Maine, 04544, United States of America
- Tom Schils
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Affiliation University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, Guam, 96913, United States of America
- Charles W. Young
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Affiliation Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96818, United States of America
- Jennifer Smith
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Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California, 92093, United States of America
- Maggie D. Johnson
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Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, California, 92093, United States of America
- Russell E. Brainard
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Affiliation NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, 1846 Wasp Blvd. Bldg. # 176, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96818, United States of America
Competing Interests
Peter S. Vroom was employed by Ocean Associates at the time of manuscript preparation. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This did not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: REB NNP JS CWY. Performed the experiments: CWY CLR. Analyzed the data: BVA PSV CLR NNP TS MDJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS. Wrote the paper: BVA CLR PSV NNP TS MDJ REB.