Ecological features and processes that provide benefits to humans

the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance

When the extraction/harvest of individuals in a population decreases at a rate faster than the population can be replenished/repopulated.

The Clean Water Act requires polluters to acquire these for point source pollution

The costs or impact of a good or service on people and the environment not included in the economic price of that good or service

Water purification and erosion control are examples of these?

When a nation or individual's consumption footprint exceeds their portion of global biocapacity.

When the genetic diversity of a population is severely reduced due to a random decrease in the population size?

Section 9 of this act prohibits the "take" of any species listed as T or E

A means by which we can infer the monetary value of an ecosystem service not reflected in a current economic market.

Back country skiing in the White Mountains is an example of these?

The capacity of ecosystems to produce useful biological materials and to absorb waste materials generated by humans, using current management schemes and extraction technologies.

A continuous area of habitat broken into pieces - this process involves the outright loss of area and disturbed function throughout the remaining area

This Act, passed in 1969, mandates the assessment of all Federal Projects; this includes environmental impact assessments and public comment periods

A means by which we use human psychology and marketing strategies to shift human behavior

A dramatic increase in this ecosystem service is/was needed to fulfill the dietary requirements of a growing human population.

Population and Consumption

This non-native species was introduced into Lake Victoria and caused a trophic cascade.

Species can be proposed for listing as endangered or threatened species by these people

The tendency of limited resources to become depleted because people act from self-interest for personal gain

An increase in impervious surface will directly impact this regulating ecosystem service.

The standardized metric used to measure ecological footprints and biocapacity.

Contaminant concentrations that increased in a given individual over time is referred to as this

Upon listing as a T or E species, the service is required to do these 2 things

A means by which we can adjust the price of a good/service to better reflect the true social and environmental costs.