About the Authors

Yimnang Golbuu

ygolbuu@picrc.org

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau

Eric Wolanski

Affiliations School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia

Jacques Wasai Idechong

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau

Steven Victor

Affiliation Nature Conservancy, Palau Field Office, Koror, Palau

Adelle Lukes Isechal

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau

Noelle Wenty Oldiais

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau

David Idip Jr

Affiliation Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau

Robert H. Richmond

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Robert van Woesik

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YG EW RvW. Performed the experiments: YG EW JWI SV ALI NWO RvW. Analyzed the data: YG EW JWI ALI DI RvW. Wrote the paper: YG EW JWI ALI RHR RvW.