About the Authors

Brian R. Silliman

brs@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Michael W. McCoy

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Geoffrey C. Trussell

Affiliation Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

Caitlin M. Crain

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Patrick J. Ewanchuk

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Mark D. Bertness

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRS MDB GCT PJE. Performed the experiments: BRS MDB GCT PJE CMC. Analyzed the data: BRS MWM. Wrote the paper: BRS MDB GCT MWM PJE CMC.