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Overview

Mark E. Torchin is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant emphasis on ecology and its related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

The core topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Mark E. Torchin has published in several prominent scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Ecology
  • Biological Invasions
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution

Recent published papers exemplify the focus on marine and ecological studies:

  • "A global parasite conservation plan," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude," 2022, Science
  • "Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics," 2021, Ecology
  • "A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution," 2021, PLoS Biology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Gregory M. Ruiz
  • Carmen Schlöder
  • Diana M. T. Sharpe
  • Amy L. Freestone
  • Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo

Best Publications

  • Introduced species and their missing parasites

    Mark E. Torchin;Kevin D. Lafferty;Andrew P. Dobson;Valerie J. McKenzie

  • Biotic interactions and plant invasions

    Charles E. Mitchell;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever;Gregory S. Gilbert

  • Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries

    Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger;Jenny C. Shaw;Kathleen L. Whitney

  • Parasites, pathogens, and invasions by plants and animals

    Mark E. Torchin;Charles E. Mitchell

  • Parasites and marine invasions

    M. E. Torchin;K. D. Lafferty;A. M. Kuris

  • Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges

    John D. Parker;Mark E. Torchin;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Nathan P. Lemoine

  • Release from Parasites as Natural Enemies: Increased Performance of a Globally Introduced Marine Crab

    Mark E. Torchin;Kevin D. Lafferty;Armand M. Kuris

  • Effects of vulture declines on facultative scavengers and potential implications for mammalian disease transmission.

    D. L. Ogada;M. E. Torchin;M. F. Kinnaird;V. O. Ezenwa

  • DIRECT AND INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF ENEMIES AND MUTUALISTS ON PLANT PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS

    William F. Morris;Ruth A. Hufbauer;Anurag A. Agrawal;James D. Bever

  • Indirect effects of parasites in invasions

    Alison M. Dunn;Mark E. Torchin;Melanie J. Hatcher;Melanie J. Hatcher;Peter M. Kotanen

  • Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse).

    Osamu Miura;Armand M. Kuris;Mark E. Torchin;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Stronger predation in the tropics shapes species richness patterns in marine communities

    Amy L. Freestone;Amy L. Freestone;Richard W. Osman;Gregory M. Ruiz;Mark E. Torchin

  • A global parasite conservation plan

    Colin J. Carlson;Skylar R. Hopkins;Kayce C Bell;Kayce C Bell;Jorge Doña;Jorge Doña

  • Parasites alter host phenotype and may create a new ecological niche for snail hosts

    Osamu Miura;Armand M. Kuris;Mark E. Torchin;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Stronger biotic resistance in tropics relative to temperate zone: effects of predation on marine invasion dynamics.

    Amy L. Freestone;Amy L. Freestone;Gregory M. Ruiz;Mark E. Torchin

  • Introduced cryptic species of parasites exhibit different invasion pathways.

    Osamu Miura;Mark E. Torchin;Armand M. Kuris;Ryan F. Hechinger

  • Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude

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  • Differential Parasitism of Native and Introduced Snails: Replacement of a Parasite Fauna

    Mark E. Torchin;James E. Byers;Todd C. Huspeni

  • Established population of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould 1841) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) in the Panama Canal.

    Dominique G. Roche;Mark E. Torchin

  • Integrating Ecological and Evolutionary Theory of Biological Invasions

    Ruth A. Hufbauer;Mark E. Torchin

  • Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria

    cumingi (Crosse);Osamu Miura;Armand M. Kuris;Mark E. Torchin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory M. Ruiz
Gregory M. Ruiz Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Armand M. Kuris
Armand M. Kuris University of California, Santa Barbara
Kevin D. Lafferty
Kevin D. Lafferty United States Geological Survey
Andrew H. Altieri
Andrew H. Altieri University of Florida
Ruth A. Hufbauer
Ruth A. Hufbauer Colorado State University
Brian Leung
Brian Leung McGill University
Robert C. Fleischer
Robert C. Fleischer Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
James E. Byers
James E. Byers University of Georgia
Kristin Saltonstall
Kristin Saltonstall Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University

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