Editorial: Understanding the response of ecosystems to increasing human pressures and climate change – management options

This Research Topic was conceived to “take the pulse” of current advances addressing these grand challenges. The contributing articles encompass new methods for assessing cumulative impacts, case studies of ecosystem responses to specific pressures, and state-ofthe- art reviews on managing phenomena such as invasive species, jellyfish blooms, HABs, and the decline of top predators. Collectively, they illuminate pathways toward more effective EBM in an era of intensifying human pressures.