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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

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.
Crooks, Jeffrey A. (2001). Oh what a tangled web...The invasion of the mussel Musculista senhousia into marine ecosystems. Dreissena, 11 , 1-15.
Drake, L. A. ; Keun-Hyung, G. M. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Dobbs, F. C. (2001). Global redistribution of bacterioplankton and virioplankton communities. Biological Invasions, 3 , 193-199.
Hines, Anson H. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Lin, J. (2001). Introduction to biodivsersity and biogeography of marine organisms in China. Marine species and their distribution in China's seas (2-14) Krieger Publishing .
Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Crooks, Jeffrey A. (2001). Biological invasions of marine ecosystems: patterns, effects and management. Waters in peril (1-17) Kluwer Academic Press .
Wonham, M. J. ; Walton, W. C. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Frese, A. M. ; Galil, B. (2001). Going to the source: role of the invasion pathway in determining potential invaders . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 215 , 1-12.
Grosholz, Edwin D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Dean, Cheryl A. ; Shirley, Kim A. ; Maron, John L. ; Connors, Peter G. (2000). Impacts of a nonindigenous marine predator in a California bay . Ecology, 81 (5) , 1206-1224.
Miller, A. Whitman ; Ambrose, R. F. (2000). Sampling patchy distributions: comparison of sampling designs in rocky intertidal habitats . Marine Ecology Progress Series, 196 , 1-14.

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