About the Authors

Donald R. Kobayashi

Donald.Kobayashi@noaa.gov

Affiliation Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Richard Farman

Affiliation Aquarium des Lagons, Nouvelle-Calédonie

Jeffrey J. Polovina

Affiliation Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Denise M. Parker

Affiliation Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Newport, Oregon, United States of America

Marc Rice

Affiliation Hawaii Preparatory Academy, Kamuela, Hawaii, United States of America

George H. Balazs

Affiliation Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GHB JJP. Performed the experiments: RF MR GHB. Analyzed the data: DRK DMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRK DMP. Wrote the paper: DRK.