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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Marine Invasions Research

Principal Investigator

Gregory Ruiz

Chief Scientist

ruizg@si.edu

Specialty

Biogeography, Invasion Biology, Marine Ecology

Amy Freestone

Managing Director

FreestoneA@si.edu

443-482-2262

Specialty

Community Ecology, Macroecology, Invasion Ecology

Publications

Sigovini, Marco ; Keppel, Erica ; Tagliapietra, Davide. (2013). M-AMBI revisited: looking inside a widely-used benthic index . Hydrobiologia, 717 (1) , 41-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1565-y
Simkanin, Christina ; Dower, John F. ; Filip, Natalia ; Jamieson, Glen ; Therriault, Thomas W. (2013). Biotic resistance to the infiltration of natural benthic habitats: Examining the role of predation in the distribution of the invasive ascidian Botrylloides violaceus . Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 439 , 76-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.10.004
Zabin, Chela J. ; Danner, Eric M. ; Baumgartner, Erin P. ; Spafford, David ; Miller, Kathy Ann ; Pearse, John S. (2013). A comparison of intertidal species richness and composition between Central California and Oahu, Hawaii . Marine Ecology, 34 (2) , 131-156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12007
Darling, John A. ; Herborg, Leif-Matthias ; Davidson, Ian C. (2012). Intracoastal shipping drives patterns of regional population expansion by an invasive marine invertebrate . Ecology and Evolution, 2 (10) , 2557-2566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.362
Davidson, Ian C. ; Simkanin, Christina. (2012). The biology of ballast water 25 years later. Biological Invasions, 14 (1) , 9-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-0056-1
Keppel, Erica ; Sigovini, Marco ; Tagliapietra, Davide. (2012). A new geographical record of Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964 (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae) and evidence of its established presence in the Mediterranean Sea, with a review of its geographical distribution . Marine Biology Research, 8 (10) , 969-981. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.706306
Simkanin, Christina ; Davidson, Ian C. ; Dower, John F. ; Jamieson, Glen ; Therriault, Thomas W. (2012). Anthropogenic structures and the infiltration of natural benthos by invasive ascidians: Anthropogenic structures and the infiltration of natural benthos . Marine Ecology, 33 (4) , 499-511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.2012.00516.x
Tagliapietra, Davide ; Keppel, Erica ; Sigovini, Marco ; Lambert, Gretchen. (2012). First record of the colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum Kott, 2002 in the Mediterranean: Lagoon of Venice (Italy) . BioInvasions Records, 1 (4) , 247-254. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.02
(2011). Assessing the relationship between propagule pressure and invasion risk in ballast water. National Academies Press .
(2011). Status and Trends of Ballast Water Management in the United States : 4th Biennial Report of the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse (January 2006 to December 2007). United States Coast Guard .
Altman, Irit ; Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Osio, Giacomo C. ; Rillahan, Christopher B. ; Teck, Sarah J. ; Meyer, John J. ; Byers, James E. ; Rosenberg, Andrew A. (2011). A practical approach to implementation of ecosystem-based management: a case study using the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9 (3) , 183-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/080186
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Altman, Irit ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Byers, James E. ; Hamer, Caitlin E. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges . Journal of Biogeography, 39 (3) , 609-622. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02631.x
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Canning-Clode, João ; Lind, Eric M. ; Quilez-Badia, Gemma. (2011). Biological invasions in the 21st century: Ecological impacts, predictions, and management across land and sea . Environmental research, 111 (7) , 891-892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2011.09.005
Boos, Karin ; Ashton, Gail V. ; Cook, Elizabeth J. (2011). The Japanese skeleton shrimp Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda): A global invader of coastal waters. In the Wrong Place-Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts (129-156) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0591-3_4 Springer .
Canning-Clode, João ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Riedel, Gerhardt ; Torchin, Mark E. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). The Effects of Copper Pollution on Fouling Assemblage Diversity: A Tropical-Temperate Comparison . PLoS ONE, 6 (3) , e18026-e18026. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018026

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