About the Authors

Meir Sussman

dsmb007@jcu.edu.au

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), PMB3, Townsville MC, Townsville, Australia

Bette L. Willis

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Steven Victor

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), Koror, Republic of Palau

David G. Bourne

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), PMB3, Townsville MC, Townsville, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW DB MS. Performed the experiments: MS SV. Analyzed the data: DB MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW DB. Wrote the paper: BW DB MS. Other: Performed sample collection: SV MS.