About the Authors

Mohsen Kayal

mohsen.kayal@gmail.com

Affiliations Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, U 227 COREUS 2, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Julie Vercelloni

Affiliations Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Thierry Lison de Loma

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

Pauline Bosserelle

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

Yannick Chancerelle

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

Sylvie Geoffroy

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

Céline Stievenart

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

François Michonneau

Affiliations Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Lucie Penin

Affiliations Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia, Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, Laboratoire d'Écologie Marine – ECOMAR, Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France

Serge Planes

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, USR 3278 CNRS-EPHE, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l′Environnement, Moorea, French Polynesia

Mehdi Adjeroud

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Excellence “CORAIL”, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, U 227 COREUS 2, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Competing Interests

Funding to M. Kayal from La Polynésienne des Eaux and Planète Urgence was a donation in the form of a grant assigned for conducting his PhD studies, and was not associated to this specific study. Aqua Lung supported this study through the provision of SCUBA-diving equipment. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK TLDL MA. Performed the experiments: MK TLDL PB YC SG CS FM LP MA. Analyzed the data: MK JV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK JV TLDL SP MA. Wrote the paper: MK JV TLDL MA.