About the Authors

Carissa J. Klein

c.klein@uq.edu.au

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Natalie C. Ban

Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Benjamin S. Halpern

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Maria Beger

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Edward T. Game

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Hedley S. Grantham

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Alison Green

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Travis J. Klein

Affiliation Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Stuart Kininmonth

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

Eric Treml

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Kerrie Wilson

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Hugh P. Possingham

Affiliation The Ecology Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJK NB MB EG HSG AG TJK SK Et KAW HP. Performed the experiments: CJK BSH HP. Analyzed the data: CJK HP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJK NB BSH SK. Wrote the paper: CJK BSH EG HP.