Marine Invasive Species Program - Reports, Publications, Studies

Reports

• NEW Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Marine Invasions in California: Morphological and Molecular Comparisons Across Habitats (PDF) by Ruiz, G. and Geller, J. for CDFW, MISP.
• 2014 Report to Legislature (PDF)
• 2011 Bays and Harbors Survey Report (PDF)
• 2011 Report to Legislature: Includes SF Bay Survey (PDF)
• 2007 Open Coast Survey Report (PDF)
• 2007 Introduced Aquatic Species in California's Bays and Harbors-2006 (PDF)
• 2007 Non-indigenous Aquatic Organisms in the Coastal Waters of California (PDF)
• 2005 San Francisco Bay Survey Report (PDF)

Publications and Studies

• NEW Non-Native species colonization of highly diverse, wave swept outer coast habitats in Central California by Zabin, Chela, et al. 2018. Marine Biology in press.
• NEW Dry and wet periods drive rapid shifts in community assembly in an estuarine ecosystem by Chang, A.L.,et al. 2017. Global Change Biology. Abstract.
• NEW Invasions in Marine Communities: Contrasting Species Richness and Community Composition Across Habitats and Salinity (PDF) by Jimenez, H., Keppel, E., Chang, A.L., Ruiz, G.M., Estuaries and Coasts pg 1-11, July 25, 2017.
• The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview (PDF) by Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, et. al. 2017. European Journal of Taxonomy Vol.344, pg 1-76.
• Settlement plates as monitoring devices for non-indigenous species in marine fouling communities (PDF) by Marraffini, M.L., et al. 2017. Management of Biological Invasions Vol 8, pg 1-8.
• Northward range expansion of three non-native ascidians on the west coast of North America (PDF), by Tracy, B.M., et al. 2017. BioInvasions Records, 6 (3): 203-209..
• Contribution of Non-Native Species to Soft-Sediment Marine Community Structure of San Francisco Bay, California (PDF), by Jimenez, H., Ruiz G.M., Biological Invasions, April 2016
• Eye on Invasives, Vol 2, No 1, pg 2 and pg 5, Summer/Fall 2012 (PDF) by Bigham, K.
• A Survey of Aquatic Invasive Species on California's Outer Coast (PDF), Ballast Exchange: Newsletter of the West Coast Ballast Outreach Project, Vol 8., pg 6, Winter 2007
• California under siege: Coastal non-native aquatic species (PDF) by Foss, S., Outdoor California, March-200April 2006 
• Marine Invasion History and Vector Analysis (PDF) by Ruiz, GM., et al. 2011. Diversity and Distribution 14, 362-73.
• PCR Primer Redesign (PDF) by Geller, J., et. al.. (2013), Redesign of PCR primers for mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I for marine invertebrates and application in all-taxa biotic surveys. Molecular Ecology Resources, 13: 851–61
• Vector Study by Ruiz, et al., Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
  Examines (a) the contribution of California and SF Bay as focal points for introductions to western North America and (b) the vectors attributed to initial introductions to California.
• Watersipora DNA Study by Geller, J., Moss Landing Marine Labs, Genomes Lab (MLML)
  A genetic study to determine the diversity and geographic origins of highly invasive bryozoans belonging to a cryptic species complex in the genus Watersipora found in CA.
• Halichondria Sponge DNA Study by Geller, J., Moss Landing Marine Labs, Genomes Lab (MLML)
  A genetic study to determine the diversity and geographic origins of “Breadcrumb” sponges (genus Halichondria) found in CA.
• San Francisco Bay Settling Plate and Molecular Genetic Analyses Study by SERC and MLML.
  A pilot NIS detection study combining genetic and morphological analyses of samples collected from artificial settling plates, quantitative surveys of existing hard substrate, and plankton tows. The MPPS process differs from conventional sequencing by exhaustively sequencing a large volume (~1,000,000) of individual DNA template molecules simultaneously. If effective, this approach would be a rapid and cost-effective approach for widespread and frequent monitoring.
• San Francisco Bay Distribution Analysis by MLML, Benthic Lab & CCR, Inc.
  Examines the distribution of NIS in San Francisco Bay.