Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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Staff Profile

Jim Muirhead

Research Staff

Research Labs

Marine Invasions Research

MuirheadJ@si.edu

Phone

(443) 482-2450

Curriculum Vitae

Expert Areas

invasive species

landscape ecology

Biography

Research Interests

I'm primarily involved in the risk analysis of invasive species spread by a variety of mechanisms. Currently, I'm assessing the network structure of commercial shipping patterns and developing statistical models to estimate risk of invasive species establishment under different scenarios driven by economic and other factors, such as the expansion of the Panama Canal.