About the Authors

Xavier Pochon

pochon@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, Kane'ohe, Hawai'i, United States of America

Hollie M. Putnam

Affiliation Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, Kane'ohe, Hawai'i, United States of America

Fabien Burki

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ruth D. Gates

Affiliation Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai'i, Kane'ohe, Hawai'i, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XP RDG. Performed the experiments: XP. Analyzed the data: XP FB. Wrote the paper: XP HMP RDG.