About the Authors

Cristiane T. Elfes

cristiane.elfes@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Catherine Longo

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Benjamin S. Halpern

Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Berkshire, London, United Kingdom

Darren Hardy

Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Digital Library Systems, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Courtney Scarborough

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Benjamin D. Best

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Tiago Pinheiro

Affiliation Atlantic Forest Program, Conservation International Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Guilherme F. Dutra

Affiliation Marine Program, Conservation International Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTE CL BSH CS TP GD. Performed the experiments: CTE CL TP. Analyzed the data: CTE DH BDB BSH CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTE BSH DH BDB GD TP. Wrote the paper: CTE CL BSH GD.