About the Authors

Arthur L. Schultz

a.schultz.22@student.edu.au

Affiliations National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Hamish A. Malcolm

Affiliation Marine Ecosystem Research, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Daniel J. Bucher

Affiliation Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Michelle Linklater

Affiliation Coastal and Marine Unit, Science Division, Office of Environment and Heritage, Woolongong, New South Wales, Australia

Stephen D. A. Smith

Affiliations National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University, Charlesworth Bay, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS HM DB SS. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS HM ML SS. Wrote the paper: AS HM ML SS.