James T. Carlton

Mystic Seaport — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

77h-index28.4kcitations277works2.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Marine Ecology and Invasive Species(122), Marine Biology and Ecology Research(72), Marine and coastal plant biology(63), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(50), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior(31)

Publications277 total

So you think you can raft? Traits that enable fish to survive and disperse with floating objects
Biological Invasions·2026
The concept of biological invasions in the Anthropocene: introductions and range expansions
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2026Open Access
Little things matter: Unveiling hidden invaders in marine coastal communities
Science Advances·2025Open Access
COMBINA: coastal ocean marine biosecurity international network of the Americas
Biological Invasions·2025
Caribbean Creep meets Chesapeake Creep: marine bioinvasions and community shifts along the Mid-Atlantic Coast, USA
Biological Invasions·2025Open Access
Biological invasions: a global assessment of geographic distributions, long‐term trends, and data gaps
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2025· 18 citedOpen Access
Non-native marine and estuarine fouling bryozoans detected along North American Coasts: a twenty-year synthesis
Aquatic Invasions·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The genetic legacy of a global marine invader
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Ocean Rafting: Marine Litter and Benthic Stopovers Amplify Species Dispersal Opportunities
Global Ecology and Biogeography·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
The role of marine debris as a vector, dispersal agent, and substrate for non-indigenous species on Oceanic Islands (Northeast Atlantic)
Marine Pollution Bulletin·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
First record of the sea anemone <i>Actinia equina</i> (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Sea slug invasions: the non-native Archidoris pseudoargus (Nudibranchia: Dorididae) moves south and the native Doriopsilla pharpa (Nudibranchia: Dendrodorididae) moves north on the U.S. Atlantic coast
BioInvasions Records·2025Open Access
Legacy of excellence: The life and contributions of Dale Ralph Calder, eminent cnidarian taxonomist (1941–2022)
Zootaxa·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Reversing a reported case of transoceanic dispersal: Nudibranch identifications among tsunami debris
PLoS ONE·2024Open Access
Steep Decline in the Rare Flat Abalone, <i>Haliotis walallensis</i>, Following Fishing Exploitation and a Marine Heat Wave: The Next Neoextinction?
Integrative and Comparative Biology·2024· 1 cited
Setting deeper baselines: kelp forest dynamics in California over multiple centuries
Regional Environmental Change·2024· 5 cited
Why didn’t the nudibranch cross the ocean? Understanding biogeographic and evolutionary relationships of <i>Hermissenda</i> (Nudibranchia: Myrrhinidae) Bergh, 1878
2024Open Access
Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities
Diversity and Distributions·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Systematic and persistent bias against invasion science: Framing conservation scientists
BioScience·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Structural and functional effects of global invasion pressure on benthic marine communities—patterns, challenges and priorities"
2024
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Gregory M. Ruiz(13), Petr Pyšek(5), David M. Richardson(5), Menachem Goren(5), Tim M. Blackburn(4), A. N. Cohen(4), Agnese Marchini(4), Anna Occhipinti‐Ambrogi(4), Henn Ojaveer(4), Philip E. Hulme(3), Daniel Simberloff(3), Jonathan M. Jeschke(3), Andrew M. Liebhold(3), Marjorie J. Wonham(3), Susan L. Williams(3), Hugh J. MacIsaac(3), Anthony Ricciardi(3), Jonathan B. Geller(3), Marnie L. Campbell(3), Chad L. Hewitt(3)