Invasive species are increasingly being recognized as a driver of global environmental change, causing both economic and environmental damages (Mack et al., 2000). These effects will likely be exacerbated as the rate of introduction of exotic species worldwide accelerates in conjunction with global trade (Hulme, 2009). Not surprisingly, there is consensus in the scientific community that societ...

Microplastics (i.e. plastic fragments <5 mm in diameter) are a widespread form of contamination in marine ecosystems around the globe (Moore 2008). Coastal ecosystems, such as inshore coral reefs, are likely to be particularly heavily impacted by microplastics because these contaminants often enter the marine environment through fragmentation of larger plastic items from terrestrial sources (Th...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) represent a broad suite of phytoplankton, macroalgae, and cyanobacteria that can have significant impacts on ecological resources, human health, and coastal economies. The specific impacts of HABs occur on multiple scales and will vary based on species, location, time of year, and proximity to key resources. Some blooms can disrupt entire ecological communities simpl...

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org W recreation and tourism activities in parks, wilderness, and protected areas continue to show trends of increasing participation (Cordell 2008; Balmford et al. 2009). Associated with this rise in visitation are anthropogenic disturbances that result in environmental impacts, which in turn raise concerns as to whether recreation and...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced or atmospheric GHGs sequestered to help reduce the future extent of climate change. Options to do this through agriculture have received increasing attention during the last decade. Some see agriculture as a potential low-cost provider of emission reductions in the near future with additional environmental and income distributional cobenefits. Other...