About the Authors

Nicholas A. J. Graham

n.a.j.graham@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Tim R. McClanahan

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

M. Aaron MacNeil

Affiliations School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, National Research Council, NOAA Panama City Laboratory, Panama City Beach, Florida United States of America

Shaun K. Wilson

Affiliations School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Nicholas V. C. Polunin

Affiliation School of Marine Science & Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Simon Jennings

Affiliations Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Lowestoft, United Kingdom, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom

Pascale Chabanet

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa, New Caledonia, Laboratoire d'Ecologie marine (ECOMAR), Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France

Susan Clark

Affiliation Natural England, Bridgewater House, Whitworth Street, Manchester, United Kingdom

Mark D. Spalding

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Newmarket, United Kingdom

Yves Letourneur

Affiliation Université de la Méditerranée, Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille, UMR CNRS 6540 DIMAR, Campus de Luminy, Case 901, Marseille, France

Lionel Bigot

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ecologie marine (ECOMAR), Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France

René Galzin

Affiliation UMR 5244 CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Ecosystèmes Coralliens, Université de Perpignan, Perpignan, France

Marcus C. Öhman

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Kajsa C. Garpe

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Alasdair J. Edwards

Affiliation School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Charles R. C. Sheppard

Affiliation University of Warwick, Department of Biological Sciences, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAJG TM NP. Performed the experiments: NAJG TM SKW SJ PC SC MDS YL LB RG MCO KCG AJE CRCS. Analyzed the data: NAJG MAM. Wrote the paper: NAJG TM MAM SKW NP SJ PC SC MDS YL LB RG MCO KCG AJE CRCS.