About the Authors

Gerard F. Ricardo

gerard.ricardo@research.uwa.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland and Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Ross J. Jones

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland and Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Peta L. Clode

Affiliations Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Andrew P. Negri

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland and Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. The commercial investors and data providers had no role in the data analysis, data interpretation, the decision to publish or in the preparation of the manuscript. This arrangement with the commercial entities (Chevron Australia, Woodside Energy Limited and BHP Billiton) does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: GFR APN RJJ. Data curation: GFR. Formal analysis: GFR. Funding acquisition: RJJ APN PLC. Investigation: GFR APN. Methodology: GFR APN. Project administration: APN RJJ PLC. Resources: PLC RJJ. Software: GFR. Supervision: APN RJJ PLC. Validation: GFR. Visualization: GFR PLC. Writing – original draft: GFR. Writing – review & editing: GFR RJJ APN PLC.