Kristen Larson | Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Kristen Larson

Research Technician

Research Labs

Marine Invasions Research

larsonk@si.edu

Phone

443-482-2309

Expert Areas

invasive species

marine ecology

marine invasive species

marine invertebrates

Biography

Project Coordinator for National Fouling Survey of marine invertebrates

My role at SERC focuses around marine invertebrate taxonomy (with an emphasis on Tunicata), data management, and sample curation and management. My research interests include: Community and population ecology of marine invertebrates; Tropical-Temperate comparisons of species richness and diversity; Ecology of invasions.

Other current SERC projects: Didemnum vexillum eradication, Nearshore Survey, Rhithropanopeus Survey.

Education:

B.S. in Biology (2001) St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Publications

Torchin, Mark E., Freestone, Amy L., McCann, Linda, Larson, Kristen, SchlÖder, Carmen, Steves, Brian P., Fofonoff, Paul, Repetto, Michele F. and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2021). Asymmetry of marine invasions across tropical oceans . Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3434
Calder, Dale R., Carlton, James T., Larson, Kristen, Mallinson, Jenny J., Choong, Henry H. C., Keith, Inti and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2019). Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from marine fouling assemblages in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador . Aquatic Invasions, 14 (1) , 21-58. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1
Jurgens, Laura J., Bonfim, Mariana, Lopez, Diana P., Repetto, Michele F., Freitag, Gary, McCann, Linda, Larson, Kristen, Ruiz, Gregory M. and Freestone, Amy L. (2018). Poleward range expansion of a non-indigenous bryozoan and new occurrences of exotic ascidians in southeast Alaska . Bioinvasions Records, 7 (4) , 357-366. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.4.02
Tracy, Brianna M., Larson, Kristen J., Ashton, Gail V., Lambert, Gretchen, Chang, Andrew L. and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2017). Northward range expansion of three non-native ascidians on the west coast of North America. Bioinvasions Records, 6 (3) , 203-209. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2017.6.3.04
Gartner, Heidi N., Murray, Cathryn Clarke, Frey, Melissa A., Nelson, Jocelyn C., Larson, Kristen J., Ruiz, Gregory M. and Therriault, Thomas W. (2016). Non-indigenous invertebrate species in the marine fouling communities of British Columbia, Canada. BioInvasions Records: International Journal of Field Research on Biological Invasions, 5 (4) , 205-212. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.03
Simkanin, Christina, Fofonoff, Paul W., Larson, Kristen J., Lambert, Gretchen, Dijkstra, Jennifer A. and Ruiz, Gregory M. (2016). Spatial and temporal dynamics of ascidian invasions in the continental United States and Alaska . Marine Biology, 163 (7) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2924-9
deRivera, Catherine E., Ruiz, Gregory M., Crooks, Jeffrey A., Wasson, Kerstin, Lonhart, Steve I., Fofonoff, Paul W., Steves, Brian P., Rumrill, Steven S., Brancato, Mary Sue, Pegau, W. Scott, Bulthuis, Douglas A., Preisler, Rikke Kvist, Schoch, G. Carl, Bowlby, Ed, DeVogelaere, Anderw, Crawford, Maurice K., Gittings, Stephen R., Hines, Anson H., Takata, Lynn, Larson, Kristen J., Huber, Tami, Leyman, Anne Marie, Collinetti, Esther, Pasco, Tiffany, Shull, Suzanne, et al. . (2005). Broad-scale nonindigenous species monitoring along the west coast in National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves . National Fish and Wildlife Foundation .