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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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

(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
Canning-Clode, João ; Fowler, Amy E. ; Byers, James E. ; Carlton, James T. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). ‘Caribbean Creep’ Chills Out: Climate Change and Marine Invasive Species . PLoS ONE, 6 (12) , 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029657
Chang, Andrew L. ; Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). Establishment Failure in Biological Invasions: A Case History of Littorina littorea in California, USA . PLoS ONE, 6 (1) , e16035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016035
Cohen, C. Sarah ; McCann, Linda ; Davis, Tammy ; Shaw, Linda ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). Discovery and significance of the colonial tunicate Didemnum vexillum in Alaska . Aquatic Invasions, 6 (3) , 263-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.3.03
de Rivera, Catherine E. ; Steves, Brian P. ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Hines, Anson H. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). Potential for high‐latitude marine invasions along western North America . Diversity and Distributions: A Journal of Conservation Biogeography, 17 (6) , 1198-1209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00790.x
Fowler, Amy E. ; Gerner, Nadine V. ; Sewell, Mary A. (2011). Temperature and salinity tolerances of Stage 1 zoeae predict possible range expansion of an introduced portunid crab, Charybdis japonica, in New Zealand . Biological Invasions, 13 (3) , 691-699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9860-2
Freestone, Amy L. ; Osman, Richard W. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Torchin, Mark E. (2011). Stronger predation in the tropics shapes species richness patterns in marine communities . Ecology, 92 (4) , 983-993. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09-2379.1
Miller, A. Whitman ; Frazier, Melanie ; Smith, George E. ; Perry, Elgin S. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Tamburri, Mario N. (2011). Enumerating Sparse Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water: Why Counting to 10 Is Not So Easy . Environmental science & technology, 45 (8) , 3539-3546. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es102790d
Miller, A. Whitman ; Minton, Mark S. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2011). Geographic Limitations and Regional Differences in Ships' Ballast Water Management to Reduce Marine Invasions in the Contiguous United States . Bioscience, 61 (11) , 880-887. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2011.61.11.7

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