About the Authors

Marc Besson

Contributed equally to this work with: Marc Besson, Camille Gache

marc.besson@ens-lyon.org

Affiliations PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia, UMR 7232, CNRS-UPMC, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

Camille Gache

Contributed equally to this work with: Marc Besson, Camille Gache

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Rohan M. Brooker

Affiliation School Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, United States of America

Rakamaly Madi Moussa

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Viliame Pita Waqalevu

Affiliations School of Marine Studies, Institute of Marine Resources University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, Institute for Pacific Coral Reefs, IRCP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Moana LeRohellec

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Vincent Jaouen

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Kévin Peyrusse

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Cécile Berthe

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Frédéric Bertucci

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Hugo Jacob

Affiliations PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia, International Atomic Energy Agency, Environment Laboratories (IAEA-EL), Principality of Monaco, Monaco

Christophe Brié

Affiliation PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia

Bruno Wan

Affiliation Tahiti Perles, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia

René Galzin

Affiliations PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, Moorea, French Polynesia

David Lecchini

Affiliations PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, BP, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, Moorea, French Polynesia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The commercial affiliation “Tahiti Perles, Papeete” of “BW” author does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MB RG DL. Data curation: MB CG DL. Formal analysis: MB CG DL. Funding acquisition: VPW RG DL. Investigation: MB CG RMM VPW ML VJ KP C. Berthe FB HJ C. Brié BW RG DL. Methodology: MB. Project administration: DL. Resources: C. Brié BW RG DL. Software: MB CG. Supervision: RG DL. Validation: MB CG DL. Visualization: MB CG DL. Writing – original draft: MB CG DL. Writing – review & editing: MB CG RMB DL.