About the Authors

Ariel C. Rivera-Vicente

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Josiah Sewell

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Timothy C. Tricas

tricas@hawaii.edu

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT AR. Performed the experiments: AR JS. Analyzed the data: AR JS TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT AR. Wrote the paper: AR TT.