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Marine Invasions Research
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Principal Investigator
Dr. Greg Ruiz, Senior Scientist
Gregory Ruiz
Chief Scientist
ruizg@si.edu
Specialty
Biogeography, Invasion Biology, Marine Ecology
Amy Freestone
Amy Freestone
Managing Director
FreestoneA@si.edu
443-482-2262
Specialty
Community Ecology, Macroecology, Invasion Ecology

Past Projects

  • Can the Invasion Process Free Snails of Their Castrating Parasites?

    Feb 1, 2012
  • Fighting European Green Crabs in Seadrift Lagoon

    Dec 1, 2011
  • How much do we know about the impacts of invasive species?

    Sep 1, 2011
  • Trial and Error: Learning to Conduct Ecological Research

    Aug 1, 2011
  • Cryptogenic Species: Using History and Genetics to Solve Invasion Mysteries

    Apr 1, 2011
  • Adapt: From the Dock to the Mudflat

    Feb 1, 2011
  • New Introduction: Invasive Tunicate Found in Whiting Harbor, Sitka AK

    Dec 1, 2010

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