About the Authors

Ross Jones

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

r.jones@aims.gov.au

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Rebecca Fisher

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Pia Bessell-Browne

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI), Perth, Western Australia, Australia, The Oceans Institute and The Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. This project was funded by the Western Australian Marine Science Institution as part of the WAMSI Dredging Science Node and was made possible through investment from Chevron Australia, Woodside Energy Limited, BHP Billiton as environmental offsets, and co-investment from the WAMSI Joint Venture partners. This research was enabled by data and information provided by Chevron Australia. 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. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.