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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

Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Fowler, Amy E. ; Keogh, Carolyn L. (2013). Marine Invasions and Parasite Escape: Updates and New Perspectives. Advances in Marine Biology, 66 , 87-169.
Canning-Clode, João ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; McCann, Linda ; Carlton, James T. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2013). Marine invasions on a subtropical island: Fouling studies and new records in a recent marina on Madeira Island (Eastern Atlantic Ocean) . Aquatic Invasions, 8 , 1-10.
Canning-Clode, João ; Souto, Javier ; McCann, Linda. (2013). First record of Celleporaria brunnea (Bryozoa: Lepraliellidae) in Portugal and in the East Atlantic . Marine Biodiversity Records, 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267213000821
Cox, Traci Erin ; Philippoff, Joanna ; Baumgartner, Erin ; Zabin, Chela J. ; Smith, Celia M. (2013). Spatial and Temporal Variation in Rocky Intertidal Communities Along the Main Hawaiian Islands . Pacific Science, 67 (1) , 23-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2984/67.1.3
First, Matthew R. ; Robbins-Wamsley, Stephanie ; Riley, Scott C. ; Moser, Cameron S. ; Smith, George E. ; Tamburri, Mario N. ; Drake, Lisa A. (2013). Stratification of Living Organisms in Ballast Tanks: How Do Organism Concentrations Vary as Ballast Water Is Discharged? . Environmental science & technology, 47 (9) , 4442-4448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400033z
Fowler, Amy E. ; Forsstrom, Tiia ; von Numers, Mikael ; Vesakoski, Outi. (2013). The North American mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) in newly colonized Northern Baltic Sea: distribution and ecology . Aquatic Invasions, 8 (1) , 89-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.1.10
Frazier, Melanie ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Lee, Henry, II ; Reusser, Deborah Ann. (2013). Counting at low concentrations: the statistical challenges of verifying ballast water discharge standards . Ecological Applications, 23 (2) , 339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1639.1
Freeman, Aaren S. ; Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Fowler, Amy E. (2013). Northward expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic . Aquatic Invasions, 8 (3) , 347-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.3.11
Freestone, Amy L. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Torchin, Mark E. (2013). Stronger biotic resistance in tropics relative to temperate zone: effects of predation on marine invasion dynamics . Ecology, 94 (6) , 1370-1377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-1382.1
McCann, Linda D. ; Holzer, Kimberly K. ; Davidson, Ian C. ; Ashton, Gail V. ; Chapman, Marnie D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2013). Promoting invasive species control and eradication in the sea: Options for managing the tunicate invader Didemnum vexillum in Sitka, Alaska. Marine pollution bulletin, 77 (1-2) , 165-171. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.011
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Boehme, Jennifer R. ; Brown, Christopher ; Noble, Monaca ; Smith, George ; Sparks, Darrick ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2013). Exploring the limits of dissolved organic matter fluorescence for determining seawater sources and ballast water exchange on the US Pacific coast . Journal of Marine Systems, 111-112 , 157-166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.10.010
Reusser, Deborah A. ; Lee, Henry, II ; Frazier, Melanie ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Minton, Mark S. ; Miller, A. Whitman. (2013). Per capita invasion probabilities: an empirical model to predict rates of invasion via ballast water . Ecological Applications, 23 (2) , 321-330. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1637.1
Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Ashton, Gail ; Minton, Mark S. ; Miller, A. Whitman. (2013). Geographic variation in marine invasions among large estuaries: effects of ships and time. Ecological Applications, 23 (2) , 311-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1660.1
Schlöder, Carmen ; Canning-Clode, João ; Saltonstall, Kristin ; Strong, Ellen E. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Torchin, Mark E. (2013). The Pacific bivalve Anomia peruviana in the Atlantic: a recent invasion across the Panama Canal? . Aquatic Invasions, 8 (4) , 443-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.08
Schloder, Carmen, Canning-Clode, Joa, Saltonstall, Kristin, Strong, Ellen E., Ruiz, Gregory M. and Torchin, Mark E. (2013). The Pacific bivalve Anomia peruviana in the Atlantic: a recent invasion across the Panama Canal ? . Aquatic Invasions, 8 (4) , 443-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.08

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