About the Authors

Thiago Bruce

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Pedro M. Meirelles

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gizele Garcia

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rodolfo Paranhos

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Carlos E. Rezende

Affiliation Biosciences and Biotechnology Center, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rodrigo L. de Moura

Affiliation Department of Ecology, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Bahia, Brazil

Ronaldo-Francini Filho

Affiliation Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Applied Science and Education Center, Paraíba, Brazil

Ericka O. C. Coni

Affiliation Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Applied Science and Education Center, Paraíba, Brazil

Ana Tereza Vasconcelos

Affiliation Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gilberto Amado Filho

Affiliation Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mark Hatay

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Schmieder

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Edwards

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, California, United States of America, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ilinois, United States of America

Elizabeth Dinsdale

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, California, United States of America

Fabiano L. Thompson

fabiano.thompson@biologia.ufrj.br

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB PM RLM RFF FLT. Performed the experiments: TB PM GG RP RLM RFF EOCC FLT. Analyzed the data: TB PM RLM RFF EOCC RS RE ED FLT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP CER RLM RFF ATV GAF MH RE ED FLT. Wrote the paper: TB PM RFF FLT.