About the Authors

Christopher H. R. Goatley

christopher.goatley@jcu.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Andrew S. Hoey

Affiliations Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

David R. Bellwood

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, and School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHRG ASH DRB. Performed the experiments: CHRG ASH. Analyzed the data: CHRG ASH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CHRG ASH DRB. Wrote the paper: CHRG ASH DRB.