About the Authors
- Matthew S. Merrifield
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* E-mail: mmerrifield@tnc.org
Affiliation Department of Science and Planning, The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Ellen Hines
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Affiliation Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Xiaohang Liu
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Affiliation Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael W. Beck
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Affiliation Global Marine Initiative, The Nature Conservancy, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MWB EH. Performed the experiments: MM. Analyzed the data: MM XL EH. Wrote the paper: MM. Periodic review, critical feedback: EH MWB XL.