About the Authors

Thomas F. Allnutt

tom.allnutt@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Timothy R. McClanahan

Affiliation Marine Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Serge Andréfouët

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

Merrill Baker

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Erwann Lagabrielle

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Sainte-Clotilde, France, Botany Department, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, George, South Africa

Caleb McClennen

Affiliation Marine Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Andry J. M. Rakotomanjaka

Affiliation Madagascar Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Tantely F. Tianarisoa

Affiliation Madagascar Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Reg Watson

Affiliation Fisheries Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Claire Kremen

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TFA TRM CM AR TT CK. Performed the experiments: TFA AR TT. Analyzed the data: TFA TRM AR TT CK SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR TT EL RW. Wrote the paper: TFA TRM CM AR TT CK RW EL MB SA. Provided reef geomorphology dataset: SA.