About the Authors

Michael Sweet

michael.sweet@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Coral Health and Disease Laboratory, School of Biology, Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Nigel Kirkham

Affiliation Cellular Pathology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Mark Bendall

Affiliation Coral Health and Disease Laboratory, School of Biology, Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Leanne Currey

Affiliation AIMS@JCU, Australian Institute of Marine Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

John Bythell

Affiliations Coral Health and Disease Laboratory, School of Biology, Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Research Office, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

Michelle Heupel

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia, Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS MH LC. Performed the experiments: MS MH LC MB. Analyzed the data: MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS JB MH. Wrote the paper: MS JB MH NK.