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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

Wirtz, Peter ; Canning-Clode, João. (2009). The invasive bryozoan Zoobotryon verticillatum has arrived at Madeira Island . Aquatic Invasions, 4 (4) , 669-670. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.4.11
Zabin, Chela J. (2009). Battle of the barnacle newcomers: niche compression in invading species in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 381 , 175-182.
Zabin, Chela J. ; Ashton, Gail V. ; Brown, Christopher W. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2009). Northern range expansion of the Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in western North America . Aquatic Invasions, 4 (3) , 429-434. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2009.4.3.1
Ashton, Gail V. ; Riedlecker, Eva I. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). First non-native crustacean established in coastal waters of Alaska. Aquatic Biology, 3 (2) , 133-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00070
Ashton, Gail V. ; Stevens, Mark I. ; Hart, Mark C. ; Green, David H. ; Burrows, Michael T. ; Cook, Elizabeth J. ; Willis, Kate J. (2008). Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Multiple Northern Hemisphere Introductions of Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda) . Molecular ecology, 17 (5) , 1293-1303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03668.x
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Byers, James E. (2008). Using parasites to inform ecological history: Comparisons among three congeneric marine snails . Ecology, 89 , 1068-1078.
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Byers, James E. ; Lesser, Michael P. (2008). Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite molecular genetics: The resolution of littorina littorea's North American origin. Molecular Ecology, 17 (16) , 3684-3696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03865.x
Davidson, Ian C. ; McCann, L. D. ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Sytsma, M. D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Potential for hull-mediated species transfers by obsolete ships on their final voyages . Diversity & Distributions, 14 , 518-529.
Davidson, Ian C. ; McCann, Linda D. ; Sytsma, Mark D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Interrupting a multi-species bioinvasion vector: The efficacy of in-water cleaning for removing biofouling on obsolete vessels . Marine pollution bulletin, 56 (9) , 1538-1544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.024
Davidson, Ian C. ; Simkanin, Christina. (2008). Skeptical of Assisted Colonization . Science, 322 (5904) , 1048b-1049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.322.5904.1048b
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Field, M. P. ; Waite, T. D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Trace elements in ships' ballast water as tracers of mid-ocean exchange. Science of the Total Environment, 393 (1) , 11-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.011
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Stedmon, C. A. ; Waite, T. D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Distinguishing between terrestrial and autochthonous organic matter sources in marine environments using fluorescence spectroscopy . Marine Chemistry, 108 (1-2) , 40-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2007.10.003
Quilez-Badia, G. ; McCollin, T. ; Josefsen, K. D. ; Vourdachas, A. ; Gill, M. E. ; Mesbahi, E. ; Frid, C. L. J. (2008). On board short-time high temperature heat treatment of ballast water: A field trial under operational conditions. Marine pollution bulletin, 56 , 127-135.
Santagata, Scott ; Gasiunaite, Zita R. ; Verling, Emma ; Cordell, Jeffery R. ; Eason, Karen ; Cohen, Jill S. ; Bacela, Karolina ; Quilez-Badia, Gemma ; Johengen, Thomas H. ; Reid, David F. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Effect of osmotic shock as a management strategy to reduce transfers of nonindigenous species among low-salinity ports by ships. Aquatic Invasions, 3 (1) , 61-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2008.3.1.10
(2007). Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Anaysis of Existing Information.

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