About the Authors

F. Joseph Pollock

Frederic.Pollock1@ jcu.edu.au

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Joleah B. Lamb

Frederic.Pollock1@ jcu.edu.au

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Stuart N. Field

Affiliations Department of Parks and Wildlife, Marine Science Program, Kensington, Western Australia, Australia, Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Scott F. Heron

Affiliations NOAA Coral Reef Watch, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Marine Geophysical Laboratory, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Britta Schaffelke

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

George Shedrawi

Affiliation Department of Parks and Wildlife, Marine Science Program, Kensington, Western Australia, Australia

David G. Bourne

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Bette L. Willis

Frederic.Pollock1@ jcu.edu.au

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science and James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJP JBL SNF SFH BS GS DGB BLW. Performed the experiments: FJP JBL GS. Analyzed the data: FJP JBL SNF SFH GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SNF SFH DGB BLW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FJP JBL SNF SFH BS GS DGB BLW.