About the Authors

Daniel J. Thornhill

thornhill.dan@gmail.com (DT); fitt@uga.edu (WF)

Affiliation Department of Field Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, and Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, United States of America

Randi D. Rotjan

Affiliation Edgerton Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brian D. Todd

Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Geoff C. Chilcoat

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Roberto Iglesias-Prieto

Affiliation Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cancun, Mexico

Dustin W. Kemp

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Todd C. LaJeunesse

Affiliation Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer McCabe Reynolds

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Gregory W. Schmidt

Affiliations Department of Field Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, and Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, United States of America, Edgerton Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cancun, Mexico, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America

Thomas Shannon

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Mark E. Warner

Affiliation College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware, United States of America

William K. Fitt

thornhill.dan@gmail.com (DT); fitt@uga.edu (WF)

Affiliation Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WF. Performed the experiments: DT BT GC RI-P DK TL JR GS TS MW WF. Analyzed the data: DT RR BT WF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR BT GS WF. Wrote the paper: DT WF.