About the Authors

Joseph Maina

joseph.mbui@mq.edu.au

Affiliations Computational Ecology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Marine Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Tim R. McClanahan

Affiliation Marine Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Valentijn Venus

Affiliation Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Mebrahtu Ateweberhan

Affiliations Marine Programs, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Joshua Madin

Affiliation Computational Ecology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: J. Maina TRM VV J. Madin. Performed the experiments: J. Maina TRM VV MA J. Madin. Analyzed the data: J. Maina TRM VV MA J. Madin. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J. Maina TRM VV MA J. Madin. Wrote the paper: J. Maina TRM MA J. Madin.