Robert Weiss, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Valerie Cummins, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Heath Kelsey, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge, United States, Sebastian Ferse, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Bremen, Germany, Anja Scheffers, Southern Cross University, Southern Cross Geoscience, Lismore, Australia, Donald L Forbes, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Department of Geography, St. John's, NL, Canada and Bruce Christopher Glavovic, Massey University, School of People, Environment and Planning, Palmeston North, New Zealand