About the Authors

Elizabeth R. Selig

e.selig@conservation.org

Current address: Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliations Curriculum in Ecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

John F. Bruno

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

John Bruno was an editor at PLoS ONE at the time of submission.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ERS JFB. Performed the experiments: ERS JFB. Analyzed the data: ERS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ERS JFB. Wrote the paper: ERS JFB.