About the Authors

Florita Flores

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Mia O. Hoogenboom

Affiliation Australian Research Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Luke D. Smith

Current address: Woodside Energy, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, University of Western Australia Oceans Institute, Western Australia, Australia

Timothy F. Cooper

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, University of Western Australia Oceans Institute, Western Australia, Australia

David Abrego

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Andrew P. Negri

a.negri@aims.gov.au

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Woodside Energy Ltd part funded this research. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AN LS FF TC MH. Performed the experiments: FF AN MH DA TC. Analyzed the data: FF AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF AN. Wrote the paper: FF AN MH TC DA.