Carlos M. Duarte presented the First Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture, “Auditing the Seven Plagues of the Coastal Ecosystems”, on April 17, 2013 in the URI Coastal Institute Auditorium on the Narragansett Bay Campus. The lecture can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmrAzZPIb-M&feature=youtu.be.