About the Authors

Jos C. Mieog

josmieog@gmail.com

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Biological Centre, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

Jeanine L. Olsen

Affiliation Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Biological Centre, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

Ray Berkelmans

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Silvia A. Bleuler-Martinez

Affiliations Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Department of Marine Benthic Ecology and Evolution, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, Biological Centre, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands, Institute of Microbiology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland

Bette L. Willis

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

Madeleine J. H. van Oppen

Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM RB MJHvO. Performed the experiments: JM SABM. Analyzed the data: JM JLO RB SABM BLW MJHvO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM JLO RB BLW MJHvO. Wrote the paper: JM JLO RB BLW MJHvO.