Torchin, Mark

Staff Scientist

Marine ecology; host-parasite interactions and disease ecology; invasion ecology; conservation biology

Background And Education

Education And Training

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
M.S., University of Oregon
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Research And Grants

Investigator On

Do biotic interactions shape asymmetrical invasion patterns across two tropical oceans? awarded by Competitive Grants Program for Science
Relative Abundance of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Miraflores Third Lock Lagoons and Adjancent Pacific Approach awarded by Grupo Unidos por el Canal

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Sharpe, Diana M. T., Valverde, Marisol P., De Leon, Luis F., Hendry, Andrew P., and Torchin, Mark E. 2023. "Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web." Ecology, 104, (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4173. 2023
- Schreiber, Lennart, Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. Ross, Torchin, Mark, Chavarria, Karina, Laakmann, Silke, and Saltonstall, Kristin. 2023. "Environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals potential for interoceanic fish invasions across the Panama Canal." Ecology and Evolution, 13, (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9675. 2023
- Yisrael, Leone, DiMaria, Ruth A., Santos‐Ciminera, Patricia, Aguirre‐Macedo, M. Leopoldina, Vidal‐Martínez, Victor M., Ruiz, Gregory M., Torchin, Mark E., Hill‐Spanik, Kristina M., Gnanadesikan, Anand, and Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M. 2023. "Expanding the phylogeography and connectivity of Perkinsus species across North and Central America." Diversity and Distributions, https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13807. 2023
- Davidson, Timothy M., Torchin, Mark E., and Smith, Celia M. 2023. "Introduced mangroves exhibit less leaf damage and greater performance than native mangroves." Biological Invasions, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03120-5. 2023
- Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. R., Sharpe, Diana M. T., and Torchin, Mark E. 2022. "Author Correction: A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6, (8) 1239–1239. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01849-1. 2022
- Davidson, Timothy M., Smith, Celia M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2022. "Introduced mangroves escape damage from marine and terrestrial enemies." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3604. 2022
- Ashton, Gail V., Freestone, Amy L., Duffy, J. Emmett, Torchin, Mark E., Sewall, Brent J., Tracy, Brianna, Albano, Mariano, Altieri, Andrew H., Altvater, Luciana, Bastida-Zavala, Rolando, Bortolus, Alejandro, Brante, Antonio, Bravo, Viviana, Brown, Norah, Buschmann, Alejandro H., Buskey, Edward, Barrera, Rosita Calderón, Cheng, Brian, Collin, Rachel, Coutinho, Ricardo, De Gracia, Luis, Dias, Gustavo M., DiBacco, Claudio, Flores, Augusto A. V., Haddad, Maria Angélica et al. 2022. "Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude." Science, 376, (6598) 1215–1219. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc4916. 2022
- 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. 2021
- Tobias, Zachary J. C., Fowler, Amy E., Blakeslee, April M. H., Darling, John A., Torchin, Mark E., Miller, A. Whitman, Ruiz, Gregory M., and Tepolt, Carolyn K. 2021. "Invasion history shapes host transcriptomic response to a body-snatching parasite." Molecular ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16038. 2021
- Blakeslee, April M. H., Pochtar, Darby L., Fowler, Amy E., Moore, Chris S., Lee, Timothy S., Barnard, Rebecca B., Swanson, Kyle M., Lukas, Laura C., Ruocchio, Matthew, Torchin, Mark E., Miller, A. Whitman, Ruiz, Gregory M., and Tepolt, Carolyn K. 2021. "Invasion of the body snatchers: the role of parasite introduction in host distribution and response to salinity in invaded estuaries." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, (1953). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0703. 2021
- Leray, Matthieu, Wilkins, Laetitia G. E., Apprill, Amy, Bik, Holly M., Clever, Friederike, Connolly, Sean R., De Leon, Marina E., Duffy, J. Emmett, Ezzat, Leila, Gignoux-Wolfsohn, Sarah, Herre, Edward Allen, Kaye, Jonathan Z., Kline, David I., Kueneman, Jordan G., McCormick, Melissa K., McMillan, W. Owen, O'Dea, Aaron, Pereira, Tiago J., Petersen, Jillian M., Petticord, Daniel F., Torchin, Mark E., Vega Thurber, Rebecca, Videvall, Elin, Wcislo, William T., Yuen, Benedict et al. 2021. "Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution." Plos Biology, 19, (8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001322. 2021
- Sellers, Andrew J., Leung, Brian, Altieri, Andrew H., Glanz, Jess, Turner, Benjamin L., and Torchin, Mark E. 2021. "Seasonal upwelling reduces herbivore control of tropical rocky intertidal algal communities." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3335. 2021
- Freestone, Amy L., Torchin, Mark E., Jurgens, Laura J., Bonfim, Mariana, López, Diana P., Repetto, Michele F., Schlöder, Carmen, Sewall, Brent J., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2021. "Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3428. 2021
- Sharpe, Diana M. T., de Lira, J. J. P. R., Brown, G. E., Torchin, Mark E., and Hendry, A. P. 2021. "Testing the prey naiveté hypothesis: Can native prey (Astyanax ruberrimus) recognize an introduced top predator, Cichla monoculus?" Biological Invasions, 23, (1) 205–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02369-4. 2021
- Lee, Juhyung, Davidson, Timothy M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2021. "Variable host responses mediate host preference in marine flatworm-snail symbioses." Plos One, 16, (3) Article e0247551. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247551. 2021
- Carlson, Colin J., Hopkins, Skylar, Bell, Kayce C., Dona, Jorge, Godfrey, Stephanie S., Kwak, Mackenzie L., Lafferty, Kevin D., Moir, Melinda L., Speer, Kelly A., Strona, Giovanni, Torchin, Mark, and Wood, Chelsea L. 2020. "A global parasite conservation plan." Biological Conservation, 250 108596–108596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108596. 2020
- Castellanos-Galindo, Gustavo, Robertson, D. Ross, and Torchin, Mark E. 2020. "A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals." Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01301-2. 2020
- Fiorenza, Evan A., Leslie, Katie L., Torchin, Mark E., Maslenikov, Katherine P., Tornabene, Luke, and Wood, Chelsea L. 2020. "Fluid preservation causes minimal reduction of parasite detectability in fish specimens: A new approach for reconstructing parasite communities of the past?" Ecology and Evolution, 10, (13) 6449–6460. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6379. 2020
- Freestone, Amy L., Carroll, Elizabeth W., Papacostas, Katherine, Ruiz, Gregory M., Torchin, Mark E., and Sewall, Brent J. 2020. "Predation shapes invertebrate diversity in tropical but not temperate seagrass communities." Journal of Animal Ecology, 89, (2) 323–333. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13133. 2020
- Tepolt, Carolyn K., Darling, John A., Blakeslee, April M. H., Fowler, Amy E., Torchin, Mark E., Miller, A. W., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2020. "Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across an evolutionary mosaic." Evolutionary Applications, 13, (3) 545–558. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865. 2020
- Resetarits, Emlyn J., Torchin, Mark E., and Hechinger, Ryan F. 2020. "Social trematode parasites increase standing army size in areas of greater invasion threat." Biology Letters, 16, (2). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0765. 2020
- Tepolt, Carolyn K., Blakeslee, April M. H., Fowler, Amy E., Darling, John A., Torchin, Mark E., Miller, A. Whitman, and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2020. "Strong genetic structure in a widespread estuarine crab: A test of potential versus realized dispersal." Journal of Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13919. 2020
- Geladi, Ilke, De León, Luis Fernando, Torchin, Mark E., Hendry, Andrew P., González, Rigoberto, and Sharpe, Diana M. T. 2019. "100-year time series reveal little morphological change following impoundment and predator invasion in two Neotropical characids." Evolutionary Applications, 12, (7) 1385–1401. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12763. 2019
- Cheng, Brian S., Altieri, Andrew H., Torchin, Mark E., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2019. "Can marine reserves restore lost ecosystem functioning? A global synthesis." Ecology, 100, (4). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2617. 2019
- Sellers, Andrew J., Leung, Brian, and Torchin, Mark E. 2019. "Global meta-analysis of how marine upwelling affects herbivory." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13023. 2019
- Kelehear, Crystal, Saltonstall, Kristin, and Torchin, Mark E. 2019. "Negative effects of parasitic lung nematodes on the fitness of a Neotropical toad (Rhinella horribilis)." Parasitology, 13 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182019000106. 2019
- Cheng, Brian S., Ruiz, Gregory M., Altieri, Andrew H., and Torchin, Mark E. 2019. "The biogeography of invasion in tropical and temperate seagrass beds: Testing interactive effects of predation and propagule pressure." Diversity and Distributions, 25, (2) 285–297. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12850. 2019
- Valverde, Marisol P., Sharpe, Diana M. T., Torchin, Mark E., Buck, David G., and Chapman, Lauren J. 2019. "Trophic shifts in a native predator following the introduction of a top predator in a tropical lake." Biological Invasions, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02119-1. 2019
- Davidson, Timothy M., Altieri, Andrew H., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2018. "Bioerosion in a changing world: a conceptual framework." Ecology Letters, 21, (3) 422–438. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12899. 2018
- Stewart, Tara Elizabeth, Torchin, Mark E., and Cáceres, Carla. 2018. "Invisible Parasites and their Implications for Coexisting Water Fleas." The Journal of parasitology, 104, (1) 101–105. https://doi.org/10.1645/17-112. 2018
- Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Hill-Spanik, Kristina, Torchin, Mark E., Fleischer, Robert C., Carnegie, Ryan B., Reece, Kimberly S., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2018. "Phylogeography and connectivity of molluscan parasites: Perkinsus spp. in Panama and beyond." International journal for parasitology, 48, (2) 135–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.08.014. 2018
- Jurgens, L. J., Freestone, Amy L., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2017. "Prior predation alters community resistance to an extreme climate disturbance." Ecosphere, 8, (10). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1986. 2017
- Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Fleischer, Robert C., Torchin, Mark E., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2017. "Protistan Biogeography: A Snapshot Across a Major Shipping Corridor Spanning Two Oceans." Protist, 168, (2) 183–196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2016.12.003. 2017
- Sharpe, Diana M. T., De León, L. F., Gonzalez, R., and Torchin, Mark E. 2017. "Tropical fish community does not recover 45 years after predator introduction." Ecology, 98, (2) 412–424. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1648. 2017
- Davidson, Timothy M., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2016. "Boring crustaceans shape the land-sea interface in brackish Caribbean mangroves." Ecosphere, 7, (8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1430. 2016
- Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina M., Hill-Spanik, Kristina M., Torchin, Mark E., Aguirre-Macedo, Leopoldina, Fleischer, Robert C., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2016. "Richness and distribution of tropical oyster parasites in two oceans." Parasitology, 143, (9) 1119–1132. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182015001900. 2016
- Frankel, Victor M., Hendry, Andrew P., Rolshausen, Gregor, and Torchin, Mark E. 2015. "Host preference of an introduced 'generalist' parasite for a non-native host." International journal for parasitology, 45, (11) 703–709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.03.012. 2015
- Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp, Hill-Spanik, Kristina, Torchin, Mark E., Strong, Ellen E., Fleischer, Robert C., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2015. "Molecular phylogenetics reveals first record and invasion of Saccostrea species in the Caribbean." Marine Biology, 162, (5) 957–968. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-015-2637-5. 2015
- Torchin, Mark E., Miura, Osamu, and Hechinger, Ryan F. 2015. "Parasite species richness and intensity of interspecific interactions increase with latitude in two 6 wide-ranging hosts." Ecology, 96, (11) 3033–3042. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0518.1. 2015
- Sellers, Andrew J., Ruiz, Gregory M., Leung, Brian, and Torchin, Mark E. 2015. "Regional Variation in Parasite Species Richness and Abundance in the Introduced Range of the Invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans." Plos One, 10, (6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131075. 2015
- Kelehear, Crystal, Saltonstall, Kristin, and Torchin, Mark E. 2014. "An introduced pentastomid parasite (Raillietiella frenata) infects native cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Panama." Parasitology, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182014001759. 2014
- Colautti, Robert I., Franks, Steven J., Hufbauer, Ruth A., Kotanen, Peter M., Torchin, Mark E., Byers, James E., Pysek, Petr, and Bossdorf, Oliver. 2014. "The Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey (GGMFS): challenges and opportunities of a unique, large-scale collaboration for invasion biology." Neobiota, 21 29–47. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.21.5242. 2014
- Parker, John D., Torchin, Mark E., Hufbauer, Ruth A., Lemoine, Nathan P., Alba, Christina, Blumenthal, Dana M., Bossdorf, Oliver, Byers, James E., Dunn, Alison M., Heckman, Robert W., Hejda, Martin, Jarošík, Vojtech, Kanarek, Andrew R., Martin, Lynn B., Perkins, Sarah E., Pyšek, Petr, Schierenbeck, Kristina, Schlöder, Carmen, van Klinken, Rieks, Vaughn, Kurt J., Williams, Wyatt, and Wolfe, Lorne M. 2013. "Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges?" Ecology, 94, (5) 985–994. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1810.1. 2013
- Freestone, Amy L., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2013. "Stronger biotic resistance in tropics relative to temperate zone: effects of predation on marine invasion dynamics." Ecology, 94, (6) 1370–1377. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1382.1. 2013
- Schlöder, Carmen, Canning-Clode, João, Saltonstall, Kristin, Strong, Ellen E., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2013. "The Pacific bivalve Anomia peruviana in the Atlantic: a recent invasion across the Panama Canal?" Aquatic Invasions, 8, (4) 443–448. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.08. 2013
- Ogada, D. L., Torchin, Mark E., Kinnaird, M. F., and Ezenwa, V. O. 2012. "Effects of Vulture Declines on Facultative Scavengers and Potential Implications for Mammalian Disease Transmission." Conservation Biology, 26, (3) 453–460. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01827.x. 2012
- Miura, Osamu, Torchin, Mark E., Bermingham, Eldredge, Jacobs, David K., and Hechinger, Ryan F. 2012. "Flying shells: historical dispersal of marine snails across Central America." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279, (1731) 1061–1067. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1599. 2012
- Dunn, Alison M., Torchin, Mark E., Hatcher, Melanie J., Kotanen, Peter M., Blumenthal, Dana M., Byers, James E., Coon, Courtney A. C., Frankel, Victor M., Holt, Robert D., Hufbauer, Ruth A., Kanarek, Andrew R., Schierenbeck, Kristina A., Wolfe, Lorne M., and Perkins, Sarah E. 2012. "Invasions and Infections: Indirect effects of parasites in invasions." Functional Ecology, 26, (6) 1262–1274. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02041.x. 2012
- Miura, Osamu, Frankel, Victor, and Torchin, Mark E. 2011. "Different developmental strategies in geminate mud snails, Cerithideopsis californica and C. pliculosa, across the Isthmus of Panama." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77, (3) 255–258. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr012. 2011
- Hechinger, Ryan F., Lafferty, Kevin D., Mclaughlin, John P., Fredensborg, Brian L., Huspeni, Todd C., Lorda, Julio, Sandhu, Parwant K., Shaw, Jenny C., Torchin, Mark E., Whitney, Kathleen, and Kuris, Armand M. 2011. "Food webs incluiding parasites, biomass, body sizes, and life stages for three California/Baja California estuaries." Ecology, 92, (3) 791. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-1383.1. 2011
- Dumbauld, Brett R., Chapman, John W., Torchin, Mark E., and Kuris, Armand M. 2011. "Is the Collapse of Mud Shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) Populations Along the Pacific Coast of North America Caused by Outbreaks of a Previously Unknown Bopyrid Isopod Parasite (Orthione griffenis)?" Estuaries and Coasts, 34, (2) 336–350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-010-9316-z. 2011
- Freestone, Amy L., Osman, Richard W., Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2011. "Stronger predation in the tropics shapes species richness patterns in marine communities." Ecology, 92, (4) 983–993. https://doi.org/10.1890/09-2379.1. 2011
- Canning-Clode, João, Fofonoff, Paul W., Riedel, Gerhardt, Torchin, Mark E., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2011. "The Effects of Copper Pollution on Fouling Assemblage Diversity: A Tropical-Temperate Comparison." PLoS ONE, 6, (3) e18026–e18026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018026. 2011
- Kam, Yulang, Schloder, Carmen, Roche, Dominique G., and Torchin, Mark E. 2011. "The Iraqi crab, Elamenopsis kempi in the Panama Canal: distribution, abundance and interactions with the exotic North American crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii." Aquatic Invasions, 6, (3) 439-445. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.3.10. 2011
- Roche, Dominique G., Leung, Brian, Franco, Edgar F. Mendoza, and Torchin, Mark E. 2010. "Higher parasite richness, abundance and impact in native versus introduced cichlid fishes." International Journal for Parasitology, 40, (13) 1525–1530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.05.007. 2010
- Torchin, Mark E. and McKenzie, Valerie J. 2010. "Introduction of Armand Kuris, Recipient of the 2010 Clark P. Read Mentor Award." The Journal of Parasitology, 96, (6) 1041–1043. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2636.1. 2010
- Miura, Osamu, Torchin, Mark E., and Bermingham, Eldredge. 2010. "Molecular phylogenetics reveals differential divergence of coastal snails separated by the Isthmus of Panama." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 56, (1) 40–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.012. 2010
- Torchin, Mark E. 2010. "Native fish grows faster in the presence of a potential introduced competitor." Aquatic Invasions, 5, (2) 163–167. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.2.05. 2010
- Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F., Reina, Ruth G., and Torchin, Mark E. 2009. "Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) Parasitizing the Gills of Astyanax Spp. (Characidae) from Panama and Southeast Mexico, a New Species of Diaphorocleidus and a Proposal for Characithecium N. Gen." The Journal of Parasitology, 95, (1) 46–55. https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-1592.1. 2009
- Blakeslee, April M. H., Keogh, Carolyn L., Byers, James E., Kuris, Armand M., Lafferty, Kevin D., and Torchin, Mark E. 2009. "Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 393 83–96. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08225. 2009
- Roche, Dominique G., Torchin, Mark E., Leung, Brian, and Binning, Sandra A. 2009. "Localized invasion of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal: implications for eradication and spread." Biological Invasions, 11, (4) 983–993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9310-6. 2009
- Kuris, A. M., Hechinger, R. F., Shaw, J. C., Whitney, K. L., Aguirre-Macedo, L., Boch, C. A., Dobson, A. P., Dunham, E. J., Fredensborg, B. L., Huspeni, T. C., Lorda, J., Mababa, L., Mancini, F. T., Mora, A. B., Pickering, M., Talhouk, N. L., Torchin, Mark E., and Lafferty, K. D. 2008. "Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries." Nature, 454, (7203) 515–518. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06970. 2008
- Mendoza-Franco, Edgar F., Roche, Dominique G., and Torchin, Mark E. 2008. "New species of Diplectanum (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), and proposal of a new genus of the Dactylogyridae from the gills of gerreid fishes (Teleostei) from Mexico and Panama." Folia parasitologica, 55, (3) 171–179. 2008
- Kuris, Armand M., Goddard, Jeffrey H. R., Torchin, Mark E., Murphy, Nicole, Gurney, Robert, and Lafferty, Kevin D. 2007. "An experimental evaluation of host specificity: The role of encounter and compatibility filters for a rhizocephalan parasite of crabs." International journal for parasitology, 37, (5) 539–545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.12.003. 2007
- Morris, William F., Hufbauer, Ruth A., Agrawal, Anurag A., Bever, James D., Borowicz, Victoria A., Gilbert, Gregory S., Maron, John L., Mitchell, Charles E., Parker, Ingrid M., Power, Alison G., Torchin, Mark E., and Vázquez, Diego P. 2007. "Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis." Ecology, 88, (4) 1021–1029. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-0442. 2007
- Roche, Dominique G. and Torchin, Mark E. 2007. "Established population of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould 1841) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) in the Panamá Canal." Aquatic Invasions, 2, (3) 155–161. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.3.1. 2007
- Hufbauer, Ruth A. and Torchin, Mark E. 2007. "Integrating Ecological and Evolutionary Theory of Biological Invasions." Biological Invasions, 193, (3) 79–96. (Ecological Studies 193) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36920-2_6. 2007
Chapter
- Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp, Ruiz, Gregory M., and Torchin, Mark E. 2020. "Invasions can drive marine disease dynamics." In Marine Disease Ecology. Behringer, Donald C., Silliman, Brian R., and Lafferty, Kevin D., editors. 115–138. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 2020
- Lafferty, Kevin D., Torchin, Mark E., and Kuris, Armand M. 2010. "The geography of host and parasite invasions." In The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. Morand, Serge and Krasnov, Boris R., editors. 191–203. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2010
- Robertson, D. Ross, Christy, John H., Collin, Rachel, Cooke, Richard G., D'Croz, Luis, Kaufmann, Karl W., Moreno, Stanley Heckadon, Maté, Juan L., O'Dea, Aaron, and Torchin, Mark E. 2009. "The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Marine Research, Education, and Conservation in Panama." 73–93. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.73. 2009
- Ruiz, Gregory M., Torchin, Mark E., and Grant, Katharine. 2009. "Using the Panama Canal to Test Predictions about Tropical Marine Invasions." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Rützler, Klaus, editors. 291–299. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38. 2009
- Torchin, Mark E. and Hoeg, Jens T. 2007. "Rhizocephalans." In Encyclopedia of Tidepools & Rocky Shores. Denny, Mark W. and Gaines, Steven D., editors. 465–468. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press. 2007
Dataset
- Sellers, Andrew, Leung, Brian, and Torchin, Mark. 2020. [Dataset] Global meta-analysis of how marine upwelling affects herbivory. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.9GHX3FFCV. 2020
- Sellers, Andrew, Leung, Brian, Altieri, Andrew, Turner, Benjamin, Glanz, Jess, and Torchin, Mark. 2020. [Dataset] Seasonal upwelling reduces herbivore control of tropical rocky intertidal algal communities. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.BRV15DV7N. 2020
- Lohan, Katrina M. Pagenkopp, Fleischer, Robert C., Torchin, Mark E., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2017. [Dataset] Supplemental Material for Protistan Biogeography: A Snapshot Across a Major Shipping Corridor Spanning Two Oceans. [PDF] Distributed by Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Research Online. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_stri/10088/31946. 2017
- Byers, James and Torchin, Mark E. 2016. [Dataset] Predation of two snail species (Cerithideopis californica and Cerithideopsis montagnei) by a the whelk (Thais kiosquiformis) in Panamanian mangroves in 2014 (Estuarine Parasites project). Action Action. Distributed by Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). 2016

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