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SERC is open 8:00am-5:30pm all weekend (Fri. 3/31 - Sun. 4/2) for Maryland Day! Enjoy a spring weekend hike on one of our scenic trails. Woodlawn is also open Fri. 3/31 - Sun. 4/2, 10am-2pm!

The Reed Education Center and surrounding trailheads are back open!

Read Plan Your Visit for information on where to park, updated maps and hours, safety, and more.

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Principal Investigator
Dr. Greg Ruiz, Senior Scientist
Gregory Ruiz
ruizg@si.edu
Specialty
Biogeography Invasion Biology Marine Ecology

Marine Invasions Lab in the News

  • Annual marine survey helps scientists study effects of invasives, climate change
    Oct 9, 2019
    The ARK
  • Bummer: Marine invaders swarm Galápagos Islands
    Mar 28, 2019
    Mashable
  • Dozens Of Nonnative Marine Species Have Invaded The Galapagos Islands
    Mar 28, 2019
    NPR - All Things Considered
  • Sand from Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Could Bring in Business
    Mar 21, 2019
    Eos
  • The fish that were swept clear across the Pacific by massive 2011 tsunami that struck Japan and are still swimming happily off the Californian coast
    Dec 14, 2018
    Daily Mail
  • Researchers Find Bright Sides to Some Invasive Species
    Oct 17, 2018
    Voice of America
  • Study Reveals Upside to Some Invasive Plants: Fighting Climate Change
    Oct 11, 2018
    WYPR 88.1
  • Invasive Species Are Riding on Plastic Across the Oceans
    Aug 28, 2018
    National Geographic
  • Scientists battle alien snails in SF Bay in effort to restore native oysters
    Aug 17, 2018
    San Francisco Chronicle
  • Researchers Looking For Invasive Chinese Mitten Crab In Chesapeake
    Jul 10, 2018
    CBS Baltimore

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