About the Authors

Andrew L. Rhyne

arhyne@rwu.edu

Affiliations New England Aquarium, Research Department, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Roger Williams University, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Michael F. Tlusty

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

Pamela J. Schofield

Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Les Kaufman

Affiliations New England Aquarium, Research Department, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Boston University Marine Program, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

James A. Morris Jr

Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America

Andrew W. Bruckner

Affiliation Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Landover, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR MT AB. Performed the experiments: AR MT. Analyzed the data: AR MT LK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR MT AB. Wrote the paper: AR MT LK PS JM AB. Acquired data set: AB.