About the Authors

Zac H. Forsman

zac@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Gregory T. Concepcion

Affiliation Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Roxanne D. Haverkort

Affiliation Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Ross W. Shaw

Affiliation Biology Department, Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton, Canada

James E. Maragos

Affiliation Pacific/Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Robert J. Toonen

Affiliation Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZHF. Performed the experiments: ZHF GTC RDH. Analyzed the data: ZHF GTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJT RWS JEM. Wrote the paper: ZHF GTC RJT.