Artificial habitats host elevated densities of large reef-associated predators

• Avery B. Paxton ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: avery.paxton@noaa.gov

  Affiliations CSS-Inc., Fairfax, VA, United States of America, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4871-9167

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• Emily A. Newton,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

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• Alyssa M. Adler,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Division of Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

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• Rebecca V. Van Hoeck,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

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• Edwin S. Iversen Jr.,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

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• J. Christopher Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, NC, United States of America

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• Charles H. Peterson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NC, United States of America

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• Brian R. Silliman

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States of America

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