Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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Marine Invasions Research

Principal Investigator

Gregory Ruiz

ruizg@si.edu

Specialty

Biogeography Invasion Biology Marine Ecology

Publications

Chang, Andrew L. ; Brown, Christopher W. ; Crooks, Jeffrey A. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2018). Dry and wet periods drive rapid shifts in community assembly in an estuarine ecosystem . Global Change Biology, 24 (2) , e627-642. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13972
Darling, John A. ; Martinson, John ; Gong, Yunguo ; Okum, Sara ; Pilgrim, Erik ; Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp ; Carney, Katharine J. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2018). Ballast Water Exchange and Invasion Risk Posed by Intracoastal Vessel Traffic: An Evaluation Using High Throughput Sequencing . Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (17) , 9926-9936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02108
Davidson, Ian C. ; Cott, Grace M. ; Devaney, John L. ; Simkanin, Christina. (2018). Differential effects of biological invasions on coastal blue carbon: A global review and meta-analysis . Global Change Biology, 24 (11) , 5218-5230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14426
Davidson, Ian C. ; Scianni, Christopher ; Minton, Mark S. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2018). A history of ship specialization and consequences for marine invasions, management, and policy . Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (4) , 1799-1811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13114
Davidson, Ian C., Scianni, Christopher, Minton, Mark S. and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2018). A history of ship specialization and consequences for marine invasions, management and policy. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (4) , 1799-1811. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13114
Davidson, Timothy M. ; Altieri, Andrew H. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Torchin, Mark E. (2018). Bioerosion in a changing world: a conceptual framework . Ecology Letters, 21 (3) , 422-438. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.12899
Del Pasqua, Michela ; Schulze, Anja ; Ana Tovar-Hernandez, Maria ; Keppel, Erica ; Lezzi, Marco ; Gambi, Maria Cristina ; Giangrande, Adriana. (2018). Clarifying the taxonomic status of the alien species Branchiomma bairdi and Branchiomma boholense (Annelida: Sabellidae) using molecular and morphological evidence . Plos One, 13 (5) , 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197104
Del Pasqua, Michela, Schulze, Anja, Tovar-Hernández, María Ana, Keppel, Erica, Lezzi, Marco, Gambi, Maria Cristina and Giangrande, Adriana. (2018). Clarifying the taxonomic status of the alien species Branchiomma bairdi and Branchiomma boholense (Annelida: Sabellidae) using molecular and morphological evidence. PLOS ONE, 13 (5) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197104
Everett, Richard A. ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2018). Shifting sands could bring invasive species . Science, 359 (6378) , 878-878. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aar7741
First, Matthew R. ; Drake, Lisa A. ; Molina, Vanessa ; Moser, Cameron S. ; Robbins-Wamsley, Stephanie H. ; Riley, Scott C. ; Buckley, Earle N. ; Cangelosi, Allegra A. ; Carney, Katharine J. ; Johengen, Thomas H. ; Purcell, Heidi ; Reavie, Euan D. ; Smith, G. Jason ; Tamburri, Mario N. (2018). A test of the framework designed to evaluate compliance monitoring devices for ballast water discharge . Management of Biological Invasions, 9 (4) , 505-513. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2018.9.4.13
Forsström, Tiia ; Vesakoski, Outi ; Riipinen, Katariina ; Fowler, Amy E. (2018). Post-invasion demography and persistence of a novel functional species in an estuarine system . Biological Invasions, 46 (7) , 611-614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1777-1
Gestoso, Ignacio ; Ramalhosa, Patricio ; Canning-Clode, João. (2018). Biotic effects during the settlement process of non-indigenous species in marine benthic communities . Aquatic Invasions, 13 (2) , 247-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.2.06
Haram, Linsey E. ; Kinney, Kaitlin A. ; Sotka, Erik E. ; Byers, James E. (2018). Mixed effects of an introduced ecosystem engineer on the foraging behavior and habitat selection of predators. Ecology, 99 (12) , 2751-2762. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2495
Heller, Philip ; Casaletto, James ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Geller, Jonathan. (2018). A database of metazoan cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences derived from GenBank with CO-ARBitrator . Scientific Data, 5 (180156) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2018.156
Jimenez, Haizea ; Keppel, Erica ; Chang, Andrew L. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2018). Erratum to: Invasions in Marine Communities: Contrasting Species Richness and Community Composition Across Habitats and Salinity . Estuaries and Coasts, 41 (2) , 611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0315-1

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