About the Authors

Benjamin S. Halpern

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin S. Halpern, Catherine Longo, Courtney Scarborough, Darren Hardy

halpern@bren.ucsb.edu

Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, United Kingdom

Catherine Longo

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin S. Halpern, Catherine Longo, Courtney Scarborough, Darren Hardy

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Courtney Scarborough

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin S. Halpern, Catherine Longo, Courtney Scarborough, Darren Hardy

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Darren Hardy

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin S. Halpern, Catherine Longo, Courtney Scarborough, Darren Hardy

Affiliations National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America, Digital Library Systems & Services, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Benjamin D. Best

Affiliation National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

Scott C. Doney

Affiliation Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

Steven K. Katona

Affiliation Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Karen L. McLeod

Affiliation COMPASS, Oregon State University, Department of Zoology, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Andrew A. Rosenberg

Affiliation Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jameal F. Samhouri

Affiliation Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSH CL SKK KLM JFS. Performed the experiments: BSH CL DH BDB. Analyzed the data: BSH CL CS DH BDB. Wrote the paper: BSH CL CS DH BDB SCD SKK KLM AAR JFS.