About the Authors

Kyle S. Van Houtan

Kyle.VanHoutan@gmail.com

Affiliations Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Stacy K. Hargrove

Affiliation Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

George H. Balazs

Affiliation Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSVH. Performed the experiments: KSVH. Analyzed the data: KSVH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSVH SKH GHB. Wrote the paper: KSVH.