About the Authors

Mia T. Comeros-Raynal

mcome003@odu.edu

Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC Marine Biodiversity Unit-Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

John Howard Choat

Affiliation School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Beth A. Polidoro

Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC Marine Biodiversity Unit-Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Kendall D. Clements

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Rene Abesamis

Affiliation Silliman University, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines

Matthew T. Craig

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences and Environmental Studies, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Muhammad Erdi Lazuardi

Affiliation Conservation International, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Jennifer McIlwain

Affiliation Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Andreas Muljadi

Affiliation Coral Triangle Center, Sanur, Bali, Indonesia

Robert F. Myers

Affiliation Coral Graphics, Wellington, Florida, United States of America

Cleto L. Nañola Jr.

Affiliation College of Science and Mathematics, University of the Philippines Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines

Shinta Pardede

Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Indonesia Marine Program, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Luiz A. Rocha

Affiliation California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Barry Russell

Affiliation School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Charles Darwin University, c/- Arafura Timor Research Facility, Brinkin, Northern Territory, Australia

Jonnell C. Sanciangco

Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC Marine Biodiversity Unit-Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Brian Stockwell

Affiliation Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Heather Harwell

Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC Marine Biodiversity Unit-Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Kent E. Carpenter

Affiliation IUCN Species Programme/SSC Marine Biodiversity Unit-Global Marine Species Assessment, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the co-authors, RFM, is employed by a commercial company (Coral Graphics); however, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCR JHC BAP KDC KEC. Performed the experiments: MCR JHC BAP KDC RA MTC MEL JM AM RFM CLN SP LAR BR JCS BS HH KEC. Analyzed the data: MCR JHC BAP KDC JCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHC BAP KDC RA MTC MEL JM AM RFM CLN SP LAR BR JCS BS HH KEC. Wrote the paper: MCR.