Mark E. Torchin, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States 
Area:
Parasitology, Crustacean Biology

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2024 Repetto MF, Torchin ME, Ruiz GM, Schlöder C, Freestone AL. Biogeographic and seasonal differences in consumer pressure underlie strong predation in the tropics. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 291: 20240868. PMID 38955327 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0868  0.623
2024 Tepolt CK, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Darling JA, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM. Strong genetic structure in a widespread estuarine crab: A test of potential versus realized dispersal. Journal of Biogeography. 47: 2532-2542. PMID 38269398 DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13919  0.573
2023 Sharpe DMT, Valverde MP, De León LF, Hendry AP, Torchin ME. Biological invasions alter the structure of a tropical freshwater food web. Ecology. e4173. PMID 37768609 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4173  0.331
2023 Schreiber L, Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR, Torchin M, Chavarria K, Laakmann S, Saltonstall K. Environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals potential for interoceanic fish invasions across the Panama Canal. Ecology and Evolution. 13: e9675. PMID 36726876 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9675  0.398
2022 Ashton GV, Freestone AL, Duffy JE, Torchin ME, Sewall BJ, Tracy B, Albano M, Altieri AH, Altvater L, Bastida-Zavala R, Bortolus A, Brante A, Bravo V, Brown N, Buschmann AH, et al. Predator control of marine communities increases with temperature across 115 degrees of latitude. Science (New York, N.Y.). 376: 1215-1219. PMID 35679394 DOI: 10.1126/science.abc4916  0.806
2021 Davidson TM, Smith CM, Torchin ME. Introduced mangroves escape damage from marine and terrestrial enemies. Ecology. e3604. PMID 34897657 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3604  0.699
2021 Leray M, Wilkins LGE, Apprill A, Bik HM, Clever F, Connolly SR, De León ME, Duffy JE, Ezzat L, Gignoux-Wolfsohn S, Herre EA, Kaye JZ, Kline DI, Kueneman JG, McCormick MK, ... ... Torchin ME, et al. Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution. Plos Biology. 19: e3001322. PMID 34411089 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001322  0.402
2021 Tobias ZJC, Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Darling JA, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM, Tepolt CK. Invasion history shapes host transcriptomic response to a body-snatching parasite. Molecular Ecology. PMID 34162013 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16038  0.654
2021 Blakeslee AMH, Pochtar DL, Fowler AE, Moore CS, Lee TS, Barnard RB, Swanson KM, Lukas LC, Ruocchio M, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM, Tepolt CK. Invasion of the body snatchers: the role of parasite introduction in host distribution and response to salinity in invaded estuaries. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 288: 20210703. PMID 34157870 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0703  0.659
2021 Torchin ME, Freestone AL, McCann L, Larson K, Schlöder C, Steves BP, Fofonoff P, Repetto M, Ruiz GM. Asymmetry of marine invasions across tropical oceans. Ecology. e03434. PMID 34114663 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3434  0.644
2021 Freestone AL, Torchin ME, Jurgens LJ, Bonfim M, López DP, Repetto MF, Schlöder C, Sewall BJ, Ruiz GM. Stronger predation intensity and impact on prey communities in the tropics. Ecology. e03428. PMID 34105781 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3428  0.79
2021 Sellers AJ, Leung B, Altieri AH, Glanz J, Turner BL, Torchin ME. Seasonal upwelling reduces herbivore control of tropical rocky intertidal algal communities. Ecology. e03335. PMID 33709403 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3335  0.655
2021 Lee J, Davidson TM, Torchin ME. Variable host responses mediate host preference in marine flatworm-snail symbioses. Plos One. 16: e0247551. PMID 33651807 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247551  0.644
2020 Castellanos-Galindo GA, Robertson DR, Torchin ME. A new wave of marine fish invasions through the Panama and Suez canals. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 32873925 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-020-01301-2  0.322
2020 Fiorenza EA, Leslie KL, Torchin ME, Maslenikov KP, Tornabene L, Wood CL. 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: 6449-6460. PMID 32724525 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.6379  0.486
2020 Tepolt CK, Darling JA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM. Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across an evolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary Applications. 13: 545-558. PMID 32431735 DOI: 10.1111/Eva.12865  0.711
2020 Resetarits EJ, Torchin ME, Hechinger RF. Social trematode parasites increase standing army size in areas of greater invasion threat. Biology Letters. 16: 20190765. PMID 32097594 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2019.0765  0.755
2020 Tepolt CK, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Darling JA, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM. Strong genetic structure in a widespread estuarine crab: A test of potential versus realized dispersal Journal of Biogeography. 47: 2532-2542. DOI: 10.1111/Jbi.13919  0.524
2020 Carlson CJ, Hopkins S, Bell KC, Doña J, Godfrey SS, Kwak ML, Lafferty KD, Moir ML, Speer KA, Strona G, Torchin M, Wood CL. A global parasite conservation plan Biological Conservation. 250: 108596. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2020.108596  0.692
2019 Freestone AL, Carroll EW, Papacostas K, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME, Sewall BJ. Predation shapes invertebrate diversity in tropical but not temperate seagrass communities. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 31671206 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13133  0.671
2019 Geladi I, De León LF, Torchin ME, Hendry AP, González R, Sharpe DMT. 100-year time series reveal little morphological change following impoundment and predator invasion in two Neotropical characids. Evolutionary Applications. 12: 1385-1401. PMID 31417622 DOI: 10.1111/Eva.12763  0.45
2019 Cheng BS, Altieri AH, Torchin ME, Ruiz GM. Can marine reserves restore lost ecosystem functioning? A global synthesis. Ecology. 100: e02617. PMID 30933358 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.2617  0.815
2019 Kelehear C, Saltonstall K, Torchin ME. Negative effects of parasitic lung nematodes on the fitness of a Neotropical toad (Rhinella horribilis). Parasitology. 1-9. PMID 30859923 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182019000106  0.438
2019 Sellers AJ, Leung B, Torchin ME. Global meta‐analysis of how marine upwelling affects herbivory Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29: 370-383. DOI: 10.1111/Geb.13023  0.374
2019 Valverde MP, Sharpe DMT, Torchin ME, Buck DG, Chapman LJ. Trophic shifts in a native predator following the introduction of a top predator in a tropical lake Biological Invasions. 22: 643-661. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-019-02119-1  0.479
2018 Davidson TM, Altieri AH, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME. Bioerosion in a changing world: a conceptual framework. Ecology Letters. PMID 29314575 DOI: 10.1111/Ele.12899  0.772
2018 Cheng BS, Ruiz GM, Altieri AH, Torchin ME. The biogeography of invasion in tropical and temperate seagrass beds: Testing interactive effects of predation and propagule pressure Diversity and Distributions. 25: 285-297. DOI: 10.1111/Ddi.12850  0.725
2017 Stewart TE, Torchin M, Cáceres C. Invisible Parasites and their Implications for Coexisting Water Fleas. The Journal of Parasitology. PMID 29135342 DOI: 10.1645/17-112  0.588
2017 Pagenkopp Lohan KM, Hill-Spanik KM, Torchin ME, Fleischer RC, Carnegie RB, Reece KS, Ruiz GM. Phylogeography and connectivity of molluscan parasites: Perkinsus spp. in Panama and beyond. International Journal For Parasitology. PMID 29108906 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2017.08.014  0.621
2017 Pagenkopp Lohan KM, Fleischer RC, Torchin ME, Ruiz GM. Protistan Biogeography: A Snapshot Across a Major Shipping Corridor Spanning Two Oceans. Protist. 168: 183-196. PMID 28284110 DOI: 10.1016/J.Protis.2016.12.003  0.595
2017 Jurgens LJ, Freestone AL, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME. Prior predation alters community resistance to an extreme climate disturbance Ecosphere. 8: e01986. DOI: 10.1002/Ecs2.1986  0.774
2016 Sharpe DM, De León LF, Gonzalez R, Torchin ME. Tropical fish community does not recover 45 years after predator introduction. Ecology. PMID 27861787 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.1648  0.481
2016 Pagenkopp Lohan KM, Hill-Spanik KM, Torchin ME, Aguirre-Macedo L, Fleischer RC, Ruiz GM. Richness and distribution of tropical oyster parasites in two oceans. Parasitology. 1-14. PMID 27263626 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182015001900  0.739
2016 Lucy F, Roy H, Simpson A, Carlton J, Hanson JM, Magellan K, Campbell M, Costello M, Pagad S, Hewitt C, McDonald J, Cassey P, Thomaz S, Katsanevakis S, Zenetos A, ... ... Torchin M, et al. INVASIVESNET towards an International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species Management of Biological Invasions. 7: 131-139. DOI: 10.3391/Mbi.2016.7.2.01  0.317
2016 Davidson TM, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME. Boring crustaceans shape the land-sea interface in brackish Caribbean mangroves Ecosphere. 7: e01430. DOI: 10.1002/Ecs2.1430  0.738
2015 Torchin ME, Miura O, Hechinger RF. Parasite species richness and intensity of interspecific interactions increase with latitude in two wide-ranging hosts. Ecology. 96: 3033-42. PMID 27070022 DOI: 10.1890/15-0518.1  0.785
2015 Sellers AJ, Ruiz GM, Leung B, Torchin ME. Regional Variation in Parasite Species Richness and Abundance in the Introduced Range of the Invasive Lionfish, Pterois volitans. Plos One. 10: e0131075. PMID 26098309 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0131075  0.745
2015 Frankel VM, Hendry AP, Rolshausen G, Torchin ME. Host preference of an introduced 'generalist' parasite for a non-native host. International Journal For Parasitology. PMID 26056736 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2015.03.012  0.531
2015 Kelehear C, Saltonstall K, Torchin ME. An introduced pentastomid parasite (Raillietiella frenata) infects native cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Panama. Parasitology. 142: 675-9. PMID 25394910 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014001759  0.456
2015 Torchin ME, Miura O, Hechinger RF. Parasite species richness and intensity of interspecific interactions increase with latitude in two wide-ranging hosts Ecology. 96: 3033-3042. DOI: 10.1890/15-0518.1.sm  0.755
2015 Pagenkopp Lohan KM, Hill-Spanik KM, Torchin ME, Strong EE, Fleischer RC, Ruiz GM. Molecular phylogenetics reveals first record and invasion of Saccostrea species in the Caribbean Marine Biology. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-015-2637-5  0.653
2013 Freestone AL, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME. Stronger biotic resistance in tropics relative to temperate zone: Effects of predation on marine invasion dynamics Ecology. 94: 1370-1377. PMID 23923500 DOI: 10.1890/12-1382.1  0.659
2013 Parker JD, Torchin ME, Hufbauer RA, Lemoine NP, Alba C, Blumenthal DM, Bossdorf O, Byers JE, Dunn AM, Heckman RW, Hejda M, Jarosík V, Kanarek AR, Martin LB, Perkins SE, et al. Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges? Ecology. 94: 985-94. PMID 23858639 DOI: 10.1890/12-1810.1  0.475
2013 Schlöder C, Canning-Clode J, Saltonstall K, Strong EE, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME. The Pacific bivalve Anomia peruviana in the Atlantic: A recent invasion across the Panama Canal? Aquatic Invasions. 8: 443-448. DOI: 10.3391/Ai.2013.8.4.08  0.579
2012 Ogada DL, Torchin ME, Kinnaird MF, Ezenwa VO. Effects of vulture declines on facultative scavengers and potential implications for mammalian disease transmission. Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society For Conservation Biology. 26: 453-60. PMID 22443166 DOI: 10.1111/J.1523-1739.2012.01827.X  0.34
2012 Miura O, Torchin ME, Bermingham E, Jacobs DK, Hechinger RF. Flying shells: historical dispersal of marine snails across Central America. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 279: 1061-7. PMID 21920976 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2011.1599  0.715
2012 Dunn AM, Torchin ME, Hatcher MJ, Kotanen PM, Blumenthal DM, Byers JE, Coon CAC, Frankel VM, Holt RD, Hufbauer RA, Kanarek AR, Schierenbeck KA, Wolfe LM, Perkins SE. Indirect effects of parasites in invasions Functional Ecology. 26: 1262-1274. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2435.2012.02041.X  0.576
2011 Freestone AL, Osman RW, Ruiz GM, Torchin ME. Stronger predation in the tropics shapes species richness patterns in marine communities. Ecology. 92: 983-93. PMID 21661559 DOI: 10.1890/09-2379.1  0.688
2011 Canning-Clode J, Fofonoff P, Riedel GF, Torchin M, Ruiz GM. The effects of copper pollution on fouling assemblage diversity: a tropical-temperate comparison. Plos One. 6: e18026. PMID 21437262 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0018026  0.629
2011 Kam Y, Schlöder C, Roche DG, Torchin ME. The Iraqi crab, Elamenopsis kempi in the Panama Canal: Distribution, abundance and interactions with the exotic North American crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii Aquatic Invasions. 6: 339-345. DOI: 10.3391/Ai.2011.6.3.10  0.396
2011 Hechinger RF, Lafferty KD, McLaughlin JP, Fredensborg BL, Huspeni TC, Lorda J, Sandhu PK, Shaw JC, Torchin ME, Whitney KL, Kuris AM. Food webs including parasites, biomass, body sizes, and life stages for three California/Baja California estuaries Ecology. 92: 791-791. DOI: 10.1890/10-1383.1  0.755
2011 Miura O, Frankel V, Torchin ME. Different developmental strategies in geminate mud snails, Cerithideopsis californica and C. pliculosa, across the Isthmus of Panama Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77: 255-258. DOI: 10.1093/Mollus/Eyr012  0.384
2011 Dumbauld BR, Chapman JW, Torchin ME, Kuris AM. 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: 336-350. DOI: 10.1007/S12237-010-9316-Z  0.662
2010 Torchin ME, McKenzie VJ. Introduction of Armand Kuris, recipient of the 2010 Clark P. Read Mentor Award. The Journal of Parasitology. 96: 1041-3. PMID 21158606 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-2636.1  0.666
2010 Roche DG, Leung B, Franco EF, Torchin ME. Higher parasite richness, abundance and impact in native versus introduced cichlid fishes. International Journal For Parasitology. 40: 1525-30. PMID 20600073 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2010.05.007  0.61
2010 Miura O, Torchin ME, Bermingham E. Molecular phylogenetics reveals differential divergence of coastal snails separated by the Isthmus of Panama. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56: 40-8. PMID 20399869 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2010.04.012  0.424
2010 Torchin ME. Native fish grows faster in the presence of a potential introduced competitor Aquatic Invasions. 5: 163-167. DOI: 10.3391/Ai.2010.5.2.05  0.467
2009 Mendoza-Franco EF, Reina RG, Torchin ME. 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: 46-55. PMID 19245277 DOI: 10.1645/Ge-1592.1  0.482
2009 Blakeslee AMH, Keogh CL, Byers JE, Kuris AM, Lafferty KD, Torchin ME. Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs Marine Ecology Progress Series. 393: 83-96. DOI: 10.3354/Meps08225  0.804
2009 Roche DG, Torchin ME, Leung B, Binning SA. Localized invasion of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal: Implications for eradication and spread Biological Invasions. 11: 983-993. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-008-9310-6  0.391
2008 Franco EF, Roche DG, Torchin ME. 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: 171-9. PMID 19202675 DOI: 10.14411/Fp.2008.024  0.472
2008 Kuris AM, Hechinger RF, Shaw JC, Whitney KL, Aguirre-Macedo L, Boch CA, Dobson AP, Dunham EJ, Fredensborg BL, Huspeni TC, Lorda J, Mababa L, Mancini FT, Mora AB, Pickering M, ... ... Torchin ME, et al. Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries. Nature. 454: 515-8. PMID 18650923 DOI: 10.1038/Nature06970  0.782
2007 Morris WF, Hufbauer RA, Agrawal AA, Bever JD, Borowicz VA, Gilbert GS, Maron JL, Mitchell CE, Parker IM, Power AG, Torchin ME, Vázquez DP. Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology. 88: 1021-9. PMID 17536717 DOI: 10.1890/06-0442  0.314
2007 Kuris AM, Goddard JH, Torchin ME, Murphy N, Gurney R, Lafferty KD. An experimental evaluation of host specificity: the role of encounter and compatibility filters for a rhizocephalan parasite of crabs. International Journal For Parasitology. 37: 539-45. PMID 17275825 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2006.12.003  0.721
2007 Roche DG, Torchin ME. Established population of the North American Harris mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) in the Panama Canal Aquatic Invasions. 2: 155-161. DOI: 10.3391/Ai.2007.2.3.1  0.407
2006 Miura O, Torchin ME, Kuris AM, Hechinger RF, Chiba S. Introduced cryptic species of parasites exhibit different invasion pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103: 19818-23. PMID 17179044 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0609603103  0.822
2006 Miura O, Kuris AM, Torchin ME, Hechinger RF, Chiba S. Parasites alter host phenotype and may create a new ecological niche for snail hosts. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 273: 1323-8. PMID 16777719 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2005.3451  0.814
2006 Mitchell CE, Agrawal AA, Bever JD, Gilbert GS, Hufbauer RA, Klironomos JN, Maron JL, Morris WF, Parker IM, Power AG, Seabloom EW, Torchin ME, Vázquez DP. Biotic interactions and plant invasions. Ecology Letters. 9: 726-40. PMID 16706916 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2006.00908.X  0.378
2005 Miura O, Kuris AM, Torchin ME, Hechinger RF, Dunham EJ, Chiba S. Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse). International Journal For Parasitology. 35: 793-801. PMID 15925598 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijpara.2005.02.014  0.767
2005 Torchin ME, Hechinger RF, Huspeni TC, Whitney KL, Lafferty KD. The introduced ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) in Estero de Punta Banda, Mexico: Interactions with the native cord grass, Spartina foliosa Biological Invasions. 7: 607-614. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-004-5851-5  0.791
2005 Torchin ME, Byers JE, Huspeni TC. Differential parasitism of native and introduced snails: Replacement of a parasite fauna Biological Invasions. 7: 885-894. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-004-2967-6  0.839
2005 Goddard JHR, Torchin ME, Kuris AM, Lafferty KD. Host specificity of Sacculina carcini, a potential biological control agent of the introduced European green crab Carcinus maenas in California Biological Invasions. 7: 895-912. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-003-2981-0  0.744
2004 Kuris AM, Torchin ME, Lafferty KD. Parasites in the thoracic ganglion of Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Brachyura: Grapsidae) from the coast of Portugal. Parasite (Paris, France). 11: 425-7. PMID 15638146 DOI: 10.1051/Parasite/2004114425  0.76
2004 Torchin ME, Mitchell CE. Parasites, pathogens, and invasions by plants and animals Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2: 183-190. DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0183:Ppaibp]2.0.Co;2  0.515
2003 Torchin ME, Lafferty KD, Dobson AP, McKenzie VJ, Kuris AM. Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature. 421: 628-30. PMID 12571595 DOI: 10.1038/Nature01346  0.848
2002 TORCHIN ME, LAFFERTY KD, KURIS AM. ERRATUM Volume 124 Supplement 2002: Parasites in Marine Systems Parasites and marine invasions Parasitology. 125: 576. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002009873  0.746
2002 Kuris AM, Torchin ME, Lafferty KD. Fecampia erythrocephala rediscovered: Prevalence and distribution of a parasitoid of the European shore crab, Carcinus maenas Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 82: 955-960. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315402006446  0.767
2001 Torchin ME, Lafferty KD, Kuris AM. Release from parasites as natural enemies: Increased performance of a globally introduced marine crab Biological Invasions. 3: 333-345. DOI: 10.1023/A:1015855019360  0.795
1996 Torchin ME, Lafferty KD, Kuris AM. Infestation of an introduced host, the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, by a symbiotic nemertean egg predator, Carcinonemertes epialti. The Journal of Parasitology. 82: 449-53. PMID 8636851 DOI: 10.2307/3284084  0.711
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