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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

Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Steves, Brian ; Foss, Stephen F. ; Shiba, Sharon N. (2011). Marine invasion history and vector analysis of California: a hotspot for western North America . Diversity & Distributions, 17 (2) , 362-373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00742.x
(2010). Density Matters: Review of Approaches to Setting Organism-Based Ballast Water Discharge Standards. EPA, Office of Research and Development .
Ashton, Gail V. ; Burrows, Michael T. ; Willis, Kate J. ; Cook, Elizabeth J. (2010). Seasonal population dynamics of the non-native Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda) on the west coast of Scotland . Marine and Freshwater Research, 61 (5) , 549-559. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF09162
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; McKenzie, C. H. ; Darling, J. A. ; Byers, James E. ; Pringle, J. M. ; Roman, J. (2010). A hitchhiker’s guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of an invasive marine crab to Newfoundland . Diversity & Distributions, 16 (6) , 879-891. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00703.x
Canning-Clode, João ; Maloney, Kelly O. ; McMahon, Sean M. ; Wahl, Martin. (2010). Expanded view of the local-regional richness relationship by incorporating functional richness and time: a large-scale perspective . Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19 (6) , 875-885. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00560.x
Cook, Elizabeth J. ; Shucksmith, Richard ; Orr, Heather ; Ashton, Gail V. ; Berge, Jorgen. (2010). Fatty acid composition as a dietary indicator of the invasive caprellid, Caprella mutica (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Marine Biology, 157 (1) , 19-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1292-0
Crooks, Jeffrey A. ; Chang, Andrew L. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2010). Aquatic pollution increases the relative success of invasive species . Biological Invasions, 13 (1) , 165-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9799-3
Davidson, Ian C. ; Zabin, Chela J. ; Chang, Andrew L. ; Brown, Christopher W. ; Sytsma, Mark D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2010). Recreational boats as potential vectors of marine organisms at an invasion hotspot . Aquatic Biology, 11 (2) , 179-191. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00302
Doblin, Martina A. ; Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2010). Thresholds for tracing ships' ballast water: an Australian case study . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 408 , 19-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08599
Hoos, Phillip M. ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. ; Geller, Jonathan B. (2010). Genetic and historical evidence disagree on likely sources of the Atlantic amethyst gem clam Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) in California . Diversity & Distributions, 16 (4) , 582-592. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00672.x
Minton, Mark S. ; Mack, Richard N. (2010). Naturalization of plant populations: the role of cultivation and population size and density. Oecologia, 164 (2) , 399-409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1667-4
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Butler, Kenna D. ; Spencer, Robert G. M. ; Stedmon, Colin A. ; Boehme, Jennifer R. ; Aiken, George R. (2010). Measurement of Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorescence in Aquatic Environments: An Interlaboratory Comparison . Environmental Science & Technology, 44 (24) , 9405-9412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es102362t
Rup, Michael P. ; Bailey, Sarah A. ; Wiley, Chris J. ; Minton, Mark S. ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; MacIsaac, Hugh J. (2010). Domestic ballast operations on the Great Lakes: potential importance of Lakers as a vector for introduction and spread of nonindigenous species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 67 (2) , 256-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/F09-180
Zabin, Chela J. ; Obernolte, Rena ; Mackie, Joshua A. ; Gentry, Jackson ; Harris, Leslie ; Geller, Jonathan. (2010). A non-native bryozoan creates novel substrate on the mudflats in San Francisco Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 412 , 129-139. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08664
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Keogh, Carolyn L. ; Byers, James E. ; Kuris, Armand M. ; Lafferty, Kevin D. ; Torchin, Mark E. (2009). Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 393 , 83-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08225

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