About the Authors

Richard Cudney-Bueno

cud@ag.arizona.edu.

Affiliations School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Centro Intercultural de Estudios de Desiertos y Océanos (CEDO), Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, México

Miguel F. Lavín

Affiliation Departamento de Oceanografía Física, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). Carretera a Tijuana, Ensenada, Baja California, México

Silvio G. Marinone

Affiliation Departamento de Oceanografía Física, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). Carretera a Tijuana, Ensenada, Baja California, México

Peter T. Raimondi

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

William W. Shaw

Affiliation School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCB WWS. Performed the experiments: RCB MFL SGM. Analyzed the data: RCB MFL SGM PTR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCB MFL SGM. Wrote the paper: RCB MFL SGM PTR WWS. Conducted subtidal monitoring: RCB.