About the Authors

Gretchen E. Hofmann

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California, United States of America

Jennifer E. Smith

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Kenneth S. Johnson

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America

Uwe Send

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Lisa A. Levin

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Fiorenza Micheli

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Adina Paytan

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Nichole N. Price

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Brittany Peterson

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Yuichiro Takeshita

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Paul G. Matson

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California, United States of America

Elizabeth Derse Crook

Affiliation Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Kristy J. Kroeker

Affiliation Department of Biology, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, United States of America

Maria Cristina Gambi

Affiliation Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

Emily B. Rivest

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California, United States of America

Christina A. Frieder

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Pauline C. Yu

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara California, United States of America

Todd R. Martz

trmartz@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GEH TRM JES KSJ US LAL FM AP. Performed the experiments: BP YT JES US AP NNP PGM EDC KJK MCG EBR CAF PCY. Analyzed the data: GEH JES KSJ US LAL FM AP NNP PGM EDC KJK EBR CAF PCY TRM. Wrote the paper: GEH TRM.