Kristen Larson

Head Technician

larsonk@si.edu

443-482-2309

Specialty

Marine Biologist, Invertebrate Taxonomist

Research Labs

Marine Invasions Research

Expert Areas

invasive species

marine ecology

marine invasive species

marine invertebrates

Biography

Project Coordinator for National Fouling Survey of marine invertebrates

Kristen is an ecologist working on identifying marine invasive species from surveys of fouing plates. Her role at SERC focuses around marine invertebrate taxonomy (with an emphasis on Tunicata), data management, and sample curation and management. She is also the Head technician for the Marine Invasions lab.

Research interests: Community and population ecology of marine invertebrates; Tropical-Temperate comparisons of species richness and diversity; Coastal invasions ecology, biofouling, Tunicata taxonomy

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

Publications

Calder, Dale R. ; Carlton, James T. ; Keith, Inti ; Ashton, Gail, V. ; Larson, Kristen ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Herrera, Esteban ; Golfin, Geiner. (2022). Biofouling hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from a Tropical Eastern Pacific island, with remarks on their biogeography . Journal of Natural History, 56 (9-12) , 565-606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2068387
Jewett, Elizabeth B. ; Lawson, Katherine N. ; Larson, Kristen J. ; Tracy, Brianna M. ; Altman, Safra ; Chang, Andrew L. ; Cowan, Scott ; Crooks, Jeffrey A. ; Huber, Tamar ; Wells, Elizabeth H. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2022). Differences in fouling community composition and space occupation across broad spatial and temporal scales . Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.933405
Calder, Dale ; Carlton, James ; Keith, Inti ; Larson, Kristen ; McCann, Linda ; Geller, Jonathan ; Wheelock, Melinda ; Choong, Henry ; Ruiz, Gregory. (2021). Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of marine fouling communities on the mainland of Ecuador and in the Galapagos Islands . Aquatic Invasions, 16 (2) , 208-252. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.02
Torchin, Mark E. ; Freestone, Amy L. ; McCann, Linda ; Larson, Kristen ; Schlöder, Carmen ; Steves, Brian P. ; Fofonoff, Paul ; Repetto, Michele F. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2021). Asymmetry of marine invasions across tropical oceans . Ecology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3434
Calder, Dale R. ; Carlton, James T. ; Larson, Kristen ; Mallinson, Jenny J. ; Choong, Henry H. C. ; Keith, Inti ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2019). Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from marine fouling assemblages in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador . Aquatic Invasions, 14 (1) , 21-58. http://dx.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. ; 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.4.02
Tracy, Brianna M. ; Larson, Kristen J. ; Ashton, Gail V. ; Lambert, Gretchen ; Chang, Andrew L. ; 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. http://dx.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. ; 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.03
Simkanin, Christina ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; Larson, Kristen J. ; Lambert, Gretchen ; Dijkstra, Jennifer A. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2016). Spatial and temporal dynamics of ascidian invasions in the continental United States and Alaska . Marine Biology, 163 (7) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2924-9
(2005). Broad-scale nonindigenous species monitoring along the west coast in National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves . National Fish and Wildlife Foundation .