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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

Davidson, Ian C. ; McCann, Linda D. ; Sytsma, Mark D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Interrupting a multi-species bioinvasion vector: The efficacy of in-water cleaning for removing biofouling on obsolete vessels . Marine pollution bulletin, 56 (9) , 1538-1544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.024
Davidson, Ian C. ; Simkanin, Christina. (2008). Skeptical of Assisted Colonization . Science, 322 (5904) , 1048b-1049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.322.5904.1048b
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Field, M. P. ; Waite, T. D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Trace elements in ships' ballast water as tracers of mid-ocean exchange. Science of the Total Environment, 393 (1) , 11-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.011
Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Stedmon, C. A. ; Waite, T. D. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Distinguishing between terrestrial and autochthonous organic matter sources in marine environments using fluorescence spectroscopy . Marine Chemistry, 108 (1-2) , 40-58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2007.10.003
Quilez-Badia, G. ; McCollin, T. ; Josefsen, K. D. ; Vourdachas, A. ; Gill, M. E. ; Mesbahi, E. ; Frid, C. L. J. (2008). On board short-time high temperature heat treatment of ballast water: A field trial under operational conditions. Marine pollution bulletin, 56 , 127-135.
Santagata, Scott ; Gasiunaite, Zita R. ; Verling, Emma ; Cordell, Jeffery R. ; Eason, Karen ; Cohen, Jill S. ; Bacela, Karolina ; Quilez-Badia, Gemma ; Johengen, Thomas H. ; Reid, David F. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2008). Effect of osmotic shock as a management strategy to reduce transfers of nonindigenous species among low-salinity ports by ships. Aquatic Invasions, 3 (1) , 61-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2008.3.1.10
(2007). Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Anaysis of Existing Information.
(2007). Final report for the project 'Identifying, verifying, and establishing options for best management practices for NOBOB Vessels'. Great Lakes Protection Fund by University of Michigan, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research .
(2007). Northward spread of marine NIS along western North America: Forecasting risk of colonization in Alaskan waters using environmental niche modeling. Aquatic Invasion Research & Policy Institute, Portalnd State University .
Altman, S. ; Whitlatch, Robert B. (2007). Effects of small-scale disturbance on invasion success in marine communities . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 342 , 15-29.
Blum, J. C. ; Chang, Andrew L. ; Liljesthrom, M. ; Schenk, M. E. ; Steinberg, M. K. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2007). Non-native solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis (L.) depresses species richness . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 342 , 5-14.
Bullard, S. G. ; Lambert, G. ; Carman, M. R. ; Byrnes, J. ; Whitlatch, Robert B. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Miller, R. J. ; Harris, L. ; Valentine, P. C. ; Collie, J. S. ; Pederson, J. ; McNaught, D. C. ; Cohen, A. N. ; Asch, R. G. ; Dijkstra, Jennifer A. ; Heinonen, K. (2007). Colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. A: Current distribution, basic biology and potential threat to marine communities of northeast and west coasts of North America . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 342 , 99-108.
Cook, Elizabeth J. ; Jahnke, Marlene ; Kerckhof, Francis ; Minchin, Dan ; Faasse, Marco ; Boos, Karin ; Ashton, Gail. (2007). European expansion of the introduced amphipod Caprella mutica Schurin 1935 . Aquatic Invasions, 2 (4) , 411-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.11
deRivera, C. E. ; Hitchcock, N. G. ; Teck, S. J. ; Hines, Anson H. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. (2007). Larval development rate predicts range expansion of an introduced crab . Marine Biology, 150 , 1275-1288.
Field, M. P. ; LaVigne, M. ; Murphy, Kathleen R. ; Ruiz, Gregory M. ; Sherrell, R. M. (2007). Direct determination of P, V, Mn, As, Mo, Ba and U in seawater by SF-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spevtrometry, 22 (9) , 1145-1152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b617597j

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