Chang, A.L., C.W. Brown, J.M. Crooks, and G.M. Ruiz. 2017. Dry and wet periods drive
rapid shifts in community assembly in an estuarine ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 24:1-16
Marraffin, M.L., G.V. Ashton, C.W. Brown, A.L. Chang, and G.M. Ruiz. 2017. Settlement
plates as monitoring devices for non-indigenous species in marine fouling communities. Management of Biological Invasions. 8:559-566
Zabin, C.J., G.V. Ashton, C.W. Brown, I.C. Davidson, M.D. Sytsma, and G.M. Ruiz. 2014.
Small boats provide connectivity for nonindigenous marine species between a highly
invaded international port and nearby coastal harbors. Management of Biological Invasions. 5:97-112
Murphy, K.R., J.R. Boehme, C.W. Brown, M. Noble, G. Smith, D. Sparks, and G.M. Ruiz.
2013. Exploring the limits of dissolved organic matter fluorescence for determining
seawater sources and ballast water exchange on the US Pacific coast. Journal of Marine Systems. 111-112: 157-166.
Davidson, I.C., C.J. Zabin, A.L. Chang, C.W. Brown, M.D. Sytsma and G.M. Ruiz. 2010.
Recreational boats as potential vectors of marine organisms at an invasion hotspot. Aquatic Biology. 11: 179-191
Zabin, C.J., G.V. Ashton, C.W. Brown and G.M. Ruiz. 2009. Northern range expansion
of the Asian kelp, Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) in Western North
America. Aquatic Invasions. 4(3): 429-434
Davidson, I.C., C.W. Brown, M.D. Sytsma and G.M. Ruiz. 2009. Has containerization
helped to reduce the risk of spreading marine nonindigenous species via the biofouling
vector. Biofouling. 25(7): 645-655.
Santagata, S., K. Bacela, D.F. Reid, K.A. McLean, J.S. Cohen, J.R. Cordell, C.W. Brown,
T.H. Johengen and G.M. Ruiz. 2009. Concentrated sodium chloride brine solutions as
an additional treatment for preventing the introduction of nonindigenous species in
the ballast tanks of ships declaring no ballast on board. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 28(2): 346-353
Published Technical Reports:
Brown, C., N. Dobroski, R. Nedelcheva, C. Scianni, and J. Thomspon 2017. Biennial
Report on the California Marine Invasive Species Program. Produced for the California
State Legislature. 127 pp.
Dobroski, N., C. Brown, R. Nedelcheva, C. Scianni, and J. Thomspon 2015. Biennial
Report on the California Marine Invasive Species Program. Produced
for the California State Legislature. 99 pp.
Scianni, C., C. Brown, A. Newsom, R. Nedelcheva, M. Falkner and N. Dobroski. 2013.
Biennial Report on the California Marine Invasive Species Program. Produced for the
California State Legislature. 125 pp.
Davidson, I., G. Ashton, G. Ruiz, C. Scianni, C. Brown, K. Pagenkopp-Lohan and R.
Fleischer. 2013. Richness, extent, condition, reproductive status, and parasitism
of fouling communities on commercial vessels. Report to the California State Lands
Commission, Marine Invasive Species Program. Sacramento, CA. 51pp.
Zabin, C.J., G. Ashton, C.W. Brown, I. Davidson, T. Chestnut, R. Draheim, M.D. Sytsma
and G.M. Ruiz. 2011. Hull Fouling: Characterizing Magnitude and Risk of Species Transfers
by Recreational and Fishing Vessels. Final report to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission. 105pp.
Boehme, J., K. Murphy, M. Noble, C. Brown, D. Sparks, G. Smith and G. Ruiz. 2008.
Full Scale Study: Demonstration Project for the Full Scale, Ship Based Application
of a Ballast Water Verification Method to Vessel Arrivals on the U.S. Pacific Coast.
Final Report submitted to the United States Department of Commerce, National Sea Grant
Program. 73pp.
Murphy, K., J. Boehme, C. Brown, M. Noble, G. Smith, D. Sparks and G. Ruiz. 2007.
Ballast Water Exchange Verification: Testing Application of Chemical Tracers on the
U.S. Pacific Coast. Final Report submitted to the California State Lands Commission.
69pp.
Ruiz G., C. Brown, G. Smith, B. Morrison, D. Ockrassa, K. Nekinaken. 2004. Analysis
of biofouling associated with the hulls of containerships arriving to the Port of
Oakland: a pilot study. In: Ruiz, GM, Smith G. Biological studies of containerships
arriving to the Port of Oakland. Oakland, California. pp 138-155
