About the Authors
- Beth A. Polidoro
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* E-mail: bpolidor@odu.edu
Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC/Conservation International Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Kent E. Carpenter
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Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC/Conservation International Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Lorna Collins
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Affiliations Center for Global Trends, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Norman C. Duke
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Affiliation Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Aaron M. Ellison
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Affiliation Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Joanna C. Ellison
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Affiliation School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- Elizabeth J. Farnsworth
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Affiliation New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Edwino S. Fernando
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Affiliation Department of Forest Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Los Baños College, Laguna, Philippines
- Kandasamy Kathiresan
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Affiliation Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, India
- Nico E. Koedam
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Affiliation Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
- Suzanne R. Livingstone
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Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC/Conservation International Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Toyohiko Miyagi
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Affiliation Faculty of Liberal Art, Department of Regional Management, Tohoku-Gakuin University, Sendai, Japan
- Gregg E. Moore
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Vien Ngoc Nam
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Affiliation Faculty of Forestry, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Jin Eong Ong
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Affiliation Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
- Jurgenne H. Primavera
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Affiliation Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
- Severino G. Salmo III
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Affiliations Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, College of Agriculture, Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
- Jonnell C. Sanciangco
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Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC/Conservation International Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
- Sukristijono Sukardjo
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Affiliation Center for Oceanological Research and Development, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Yamin Wang
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Affiliation College of Ocean, Shandong University, Weihai, China
- Jean Wan Hong Yong
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Affiliation Natural Sciences and Science Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BP KEC SRL. Performed the experiments: BP KEC NCD AME JCE EF ESF KK NK SRL TM GEM VNN JEO JHP SGSI JS SS YW JWHY. Analyzed the data: BP LC JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC NCD AME JCE EF ESF KK NK TM GEM VNN JEO JHP SGSI SS YW JWHY. Wrote the paper: BP.