About the Authors

Melinda A. Coleman

Melinda.coleman@environment.nsw.gov.au

Affiliations New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, Batemans Marine Park, Narooma, Australia, New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Justine Chambers

Affiliation Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd., Plant Genomics Centre, Glen Osmond, Australia

Nathan A. Knott

Affiliation New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Hamish A. Malcolm

Affiliation New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

David Harasti

Affiliation New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Alan Jordan

Affiliation New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Brendan P. Kelaher

Affiliations New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, Batemans Marine Park, Narooma, Australia, New South Wales Marine Parks Authority, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors of Marine Parks have declared that no competing interests exist. However, Justine Chambers is employed by the Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAC. Performed the experiments: MAC JC. Analyzed the data: MAC JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAC JC. Wrote the paper: MAC. Sample collection: MAC NAK HAM DH BPK. Manuscript editing: MAC JC NAK HAM DH BPK AJ. Contribution to data interpretation: MAC NAK HAM DH AJ BPK.