About the Authors

Joshua S. Madin

joshua.madin@mq.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Terry P. Hughes

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Sean R. Connolly

Affiliations ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, School of Marine Biology and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSM SRC. Performed the experiments: JSM. Analyzed the data: JSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM TPH. Wrote the paper: JSM SRC TPH.