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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Marine Invasions Research

Principal Investigator

Gregory Ruiz

Chief Scientist

ruizg@si.edu

Specialty

Biogeography, Invasion Biology, Marine Ecology

Amy Freestone

Managing Director

FreestoneA@si.edu

443-482-2262

Specialty

Community Ecology, Macroecology, Invasion Ecology

Publications

Tepolt, Carolyn K. ; Palumbi, S. R. (2015). Transcriptome sequencing reveals both neutral and adaptive genome dynamics in a marine invader . Molecular ecology, 24 (16) , 4145-4158. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13294
Ashton, Gail ; Davidson, Ian C. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2014). Transient small boats as a long-distance coastal vector for dispersal of biofouling organisms. Estuaries and Coasts, 37 (6) , 1572-1581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-014-9782-9
Miller, A. Whitman ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2014). Arctic shipping and marine invaders. Nature Climate Change, 4 (6) , 413-416. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2244
Ojaveer, Henn ; Galil, Bella S. ; Minchin, Dan ; Olenin, Sergej ; Amorim, Ana ; Canning-Clode, João ; Chainho, Paula ; Copp, Gordon H. ; Gollasch, Stephan ; Jelmert, Anders ; Lehtiniemi, Maiju ; McKenzie, Cynthia ; Mikuš, Josip ; Miossec, Laurence ; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Anna ; Pecarevic, Marijana ; Pederson, Judith ; Quilez-Badia, Gemma ; Wijsman, Jeroen W. M. ; Zenetos, Argyro. (2014). Ten recommendations for advancing the assessment and management of non-indigenous species in marine ecosystems . Marine Policy, 44 , 160-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.08.019
Ramalhosa, Patrício ; Camacho-Cruz, Karla ; Bastida-Zavala, Rolando ; Canning-Clode, João. (2014). First record of Branchiomma bairdi McIntosh, 1885 (Annelida: Sabellidae) from Madeira island, Portugal, (northeastern Atlantic ocean). BioInvasions Records: International Journal of Field Research on Biological Invasions, 3 (4) , 235-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2014.3.4.04
Ramalhosa, Patrício ; Canning-Clode, João ; Biscoito, Manuel. (2014). First record of Pisa carinimana (Decapoda: Epialtidae) from Madeira Island (Northeastern Atlantic Ocean). Bocagiana, (239) , 1-7.
Ros, Macarena ; Ashton, Gail V. ; Lacerda, Mariana B. ; Carlton, James T. ; Vázquez-Luis, Maite ; Guerra-García, José M. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2014). The Panama Canal and the transoceanic dispersal of marine invertebrates: Evaluation of the introduced amphipod Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890 in the Pacific Ocean. Marine environmental research, 99 , 204-211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.07.001
Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Fowler, Amy E. ; Keogh, Carolyn L. (2013). Marine Invasions and Parasite Escape: Updates and New Perspectives. Advances in Marine Biology, 66 , 87-169.
Canning-Clode, João ; Fofonoff, Paul W. ; McCann, Linda ; Carlton, James T. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2013). Marine invasions on a subtropical island: Fouling studies and new records in a recent marina on Madeira Island (Eastern Atlantic Ocean) . Aquatic Invasions, 8 , 1-10.
Canning-Clode, João ; Souto, Javier ; McCann, Linda. (2013). First record of Celleporaria brunnea (Bryozoa: Lepraliellidae) in Portugal and in the East Atlantic . Marine Biodiversity Records, 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267213000821
Cox, Traci Erin ; Philippoff, Joanna ; Baumgartner, Erin ; Zabin, Chela J. ; Smith, Celia M. (2013). Spatial and Temporal Variation in Rocky Intertidal Communities Along the Main Hawaiian Islands . Pacific Science, 67 (1) , 23-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2984/67.1.3
First, Matthew R. ; Robbins-Wamsley, Stephanie ; Riley, Scott C. ; Moser, Cameron S. ; Smith, George E. ; Tamburri, Mario N. ; Drake, Lisa A. (2013). Stratification of Living Organisms in Ballast Tanks: How Do Organism Concentrations Vary as Ballast Water Is Discharged? . Environmental science & technology, 47 (9) , 4442-4448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es400033z
Fowler, Amy E. ; Forsstrom, Tiia ; von Numers, Mikael ; Vesakoski, Outi. (2013). The North American mud crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) in newly colonized Northern Baltic Sea: distribution and ecology . Aquatic Invasions, 8 (1) , 89-96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.1.10
Frazier, Melanie ; Miller, A. Whitman ; Lee, Henry, II ; Reusser, Deborah Ann. (2013). Counting at low concentrations: the statistical challenges of verifying ballast water discharge standards . Ecological Applications, 23 (2) , 339. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-1639.1
Freeman, Aaren S. ; Blakeslee, April M. H. ; Fowler, Amy E. (2013). Northward expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic . Aquatic Invasions, 8 (3) , 347-353. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.3.11

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