Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Marine Invasions Research

Principal Investigator

Gregory Ruiz

ruizg@si.edu

Specialty

Biogeography Invasion Biology Marine Ecology

Publications

Hoos, Phillip M., Miller, A. Whitman, Ruiz, Gregory M., Vrijenhoek, Robert C. and 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
Davidson, Ian C., Zabin, Chela J., Chang, Andrew L., Brown, Christopher W., Sytsma, Mark D. and 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
Cook, Elizabeth J., Shucksmith, Richard, Orr, Heather, Ashton, Gail V. and 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
Blakeslee, April M. H., McKenzie, C. H., Darling, J. A., Byers, James E., Pringle, J. M. and 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
Rup, Michael P., Bailey, Sarah A., Wiley, Chris J., Minton, Mark S., Miller, A. Whitman, Ruiz, Gregory M. and 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
Lee, Henry,II, Reusser, Deborah A., Frazier, Melanie and Ruiz, Gregory M. . (2010). Density Matters: Review of Approaches to Setting Organism-Based Ballast Water Discharge Standards. EPA, Office of Research and Development .
Doblin, Martina A., Murphy, Kathleen R. and 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
Crooks, Jeffrey A., Chang, Andrew L. and 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
Canning-Clode, João, Maloney, Kelly O., McMahon, Sean M. and 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
Ashton, Gail V., Burrows, Michael T., Willis, Kate J. and 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
Wirtz, Peter and 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
Simkanin, Christina, Davidson, Ian C., Falkner, Maurya, Sytsma, Mark and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2009). Intra-coastal ballast water flux and the potential for secondary spread of non-native species on the US West Coast . Marine pollution bulletin, 58 (3) , 366-374. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.10.013
Ruiz, Gregory M., Torchin, Mark E. and Grant, Katharine. (2009). Using the Panama Canal to Test Predictions about Tropical Marine Invasions. Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium (291-299) Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press .
Ruiz, Gregory M. and Hewitt, Chad. (2009). Latitudinal Patterns of Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems: A Polar Perspective . Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science (347-358) http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.097884601X.26 .
Murphy, Kathleen R., Boehme, Jennifer R., Noble, Monaca, Smith, George E. and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2009). Deducing ballast water sources in ships arriving in New Zealand from southeastern Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 390 , 39-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08178

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