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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

Fofonoff, Paul W. (2003). Our trails are being invaded! Exotic plants on Mid-Atlantic trails. Newsletter of the Appalachian Mountain Club, , 2-3.
Grosholz, E. D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2003). Biological invasions drive size increases in marine and estuarine invertebrates . Ecology Letters, 6 , 700-705.
Thresher, R. ; Proctor, C. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Gurney, R. ; MacKinnon, C. ; Walton, W. ; Rodriguez, L. ; Bax, N. (2003). Invasion dynamics of the European green crab Carcinus maenas in Australia . Marine Biology, 142 , 867-876.
(2002). Status and trends of ballast water management in the United States: First biennial report of the National Ballast Information Clearinghouse.
Crooks, Jeffrey A. (2002). Characterizing ecosystem-level consequences of biological invasions: the role of ecosystem engineers . Oikos, 97 , 153-166.
Crooks, Jeffrey A. (2002). Predators of the invasive mussel Musculita senhousia. Pacific Science, 56 , 49-56.
Drake, L. A. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Galil, B. S. ; Mullady, T. L. ; Friedman, D. O. ; Dobbs, F. C. (2002). Microbial ecology of ballast water during a trans-oceanic voyage and the effects of open-ocean exchange . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 233 , 13-20.
Miller, A. Whitman ; Hewitt, C. L. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2002). Invasion success: does size really matter? . Ecology Letters, 5 , 159-162.
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Ritz, D. ; Hewitt, C. L. (2002). Heterogeneous zooplankton distribution in a ship's ballast tanks . Journal of Plankton Research, 24 (7) , 729-734.
Pandey, A. K. ; Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Bednarski, M. ; Heinemann, S. ; Doblin, M. (2002). Exotic Species in Ballast Water . Bergesen Horizon, (3) , 28-29.
Pandey, A. K. ; Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Bednarski, Melinda ; Heinemann, Stefan ; Doblin, Martina. (2002). Testing ballast water exchange efficiency . Bergesen Horizon, (4) , 20-21.
Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Hewitt, C. L. (2002). Toward understanding patterns of coastal marine invasions: a prospectus. Invasive aquatic species of Europe (529-547) Kluwer Academic Press .
Walton, W. C. ; MacKinnon, C. ; Rodriguez, L. ; Proctor, C. ; Thresher, R. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2002). Effect of an invasive crab upon a marine fishery: green crab Carcinus maenas, predation upon a venerid clam Katelysia scalarina, in Tasmania (Australia). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 272 , 171-189.
(2001). Mid-ocean ballast water exchange: approach and methods for verification. Final report to U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center.
Coss, C. A. ; Robledo, J. A. F. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Vasta, G. R. (2001). Description of Perkinsus andrewsi n. sp. isolated from the baltic clam (Macoma balthica) by characterization of the ribosomal RNA locus and development of a species-specific PCR-based diagnostic assay . Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 48 , 52-61.

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