Larson, Kristen
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staff
0000-0001-6070-4737
Larson, Kristen
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staffMarine invertebrate taxonomy (with an emphasis on Tunicata), data management, and sample curation and management. My research interests include: Community and population ecology of marine invertebrates; Tropical-Temperate comparisons of species richness and diversity; Ecology of invasions, Identification and Biogeography of Tunicata.
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
Professional Biography
- Marine invertebrate taxonomy (with an emphasis on Tunicata), data management, and sample curation and management. My research interests include: Community and population ecology of marine invertebrates; Tropical-Temperate comparisons of species richness and diversity; Ecology of invasions, Identification and Biogeography of Tunicata.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Calder, Dale R., Carlton, James T., Keith, Inti, Ashton, Gail, V., Larson, Kristen, Ruiz, Gregory M., Herrera, Esteban, and 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. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2068387. 2022
- 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., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2022. "Differences in fouling community composition and space occupation across broad spatial and temporal scales." Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.933405. 2022
- Calder, Dale, Carlton, James, Keith, Inti, Larson, Kristen, McCann, Linda, Geller, Jonathan, Wheelock, Melinda, Choong, Henry, and 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. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2021.16.2.02. 2021
- Ruiz, Gregory M., Freestone, Amy L., Repetto, Michele F., Larson, Kristen, Steves, Brian P., Fofonoff, Paul, Torchin, Mark E., McCann, Linda, and Schlöder, Carmen. 2021. "Asymmetry of marine invasions across tropical oceans." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3434. 2021
- Calder, Dale R., Carlton, James T., Larson, Kristen, Mallinson, Jenny J., Choong, Henry H. C., Keith, Inti, and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2019. "Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from marine fouling assemblages in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador." Aquatic Invasions, 14, (1) 21–58. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.02. 2019
- Jurgens, Laura J., Bonfim, Mariana, Lopez, Diana P., Repetto, Michele F., Freitag, Gary, McCann, Linda, Larson, Kristen, Ruiz, Gregory M., and 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. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.4.02. 2018
- Tracy, Brianna M., Larson, Kristen J., Ashton, Gail V., Lambert, Gretchen, Chang, Andrew L., and 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. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2017.6.3.04. 2017
- Gartner, Heidi N., Murray, Cathryn Clarke, Frey, Melissa A., Nelson, Jocelyn C., Larson, Kristen J., Ruiz, Gregory M., and 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. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2016.5.4.03. 2016
- Simkanin, Christina, Fofonoff, Paul W., Larson, Kristen J., Lambert, Gretchen, Dijkstra, Jennifer A., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2016. "Spatial and temporal dynamics of ascidian invasions in the continental United States and Alaska." Marine Biology, 163, (7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2924-9. 2016
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Dataset
- Simkanin, Christina, Fofonoff, Paul W., Larson, Kristen, Lambert, Gretchen, Dijkstra, Jennifer A., and Ruiz, Gregory M. 2017. [Dataset] Supplementary Material for: Spatial and temporal dynamics of ascidian invasions in the continental United States and Alaska. [PDF] Distributed by Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Research Online. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_serc/10088/31952. 2017
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Academic Department
