Anderson B. Mayfield:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-7844
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole:
ValidationRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review
& editing
Chii-Shiarng Chen: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: Supervision
Alexandra C. Dempsey: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draft
Jiang-Shiou Hwang: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
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PLoS ONE
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ISSN
(Electronic):
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Publication date
(Electronic):
1
November
2017
Publication date Collection: 2017
Volume: 12
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0185857
Affiliations
[1
]
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan
[2
]
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Annapolis, Maryland, United States of
America
[3
]
Taiwan Coral Research Center, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan
[4
]
Graduate Institute of Marine Biotechnology, National Dong-Hwa University, Checheng,
Pingtung, Taiwan
[5
]
Department of Marine Biotechnology and Resources, National Sun Yat-Sen University,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
National Taiwan Ocean University, TAIWAN
Author notes
Competing Interests: ACD is a paid employee of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, the funder
of this research project. This does not alter our adherence to PLoS ONE policies on
sharing data and materials, and all data have been made publically available without
restriction.
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Article
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PONE-D-17-08065
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185857
PMC ID: 5665425
PubMed ID: 29091723
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Funded by: Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Award ID: postdoctoral research fellowship
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0138-7844
Anderson B. Mayfield
This work was funded exclusively by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
as part of their Global Reef Expedition. This included a postdoctoral research fellowship
to ABM. The funder had no influence on the interpretation of the data, though one
author (ACD) is an employee of the funding institution (a non-profit NGO).
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