About the Authors

Douglas J. McCauley

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas J. McCauley, Eva Hoffmann, Hillary S. Young

mccauley@berkeley.edu

Current address: Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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

Eva Hoffmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas J. McCauley, Eva Hoffmann, Hillary S. Young

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

Hillary S. Young

Contributed equally to this work with: Douglas J. McCauley, Eva Hoffmann, Hillary S. Young

Affiliation Center for the Environment, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fiorenza Micheli

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJM FM. Performed the experiments: DJM EH HSY. Analyzed the data: DJM EH HSY FM. Wrote the paper: DJM EH HSY FM.