Stepien, C.A., D.M. Murphy*, and R.N. Lohner*. 2008. Status and delineation of Walleye genetic stocks across the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Fishery Commission Special Publication. In press.
Sepulveda-Villet*, O.J., A.M. Ford, J.D. Williams, and C.A. Stepien. 2008. Population Genetic Diversity and Phylogeographic Divergence Patterns of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens). Journal of Great Lakes Research. In press.
Parker, A.D., D.G. Uzarski, O.J. Sepulveda-Villet*, C.A. Stepien, C.B. Ruehl, and T.M. Burton. 2008. Relationships among Phenotypic Plasticity, Ecological Habitat, and Population Genetics in Young Yellow Perch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. In press.
Stepien, C.A., D. Murphy, and R.M. Strange. 2007. Broad- to fine-scale population genetic patterning in the Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu across the Laurentian Great Lakes and beyond: An interplay of behavior and geography. Molecular Ecology. 16:1605-1624.
Strange, R.M. and C.A. Stepien. 2007. Genetic divergence and connectivity among river and reef spawning populations of Walleye (Sander vitreus) in Lake Erie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 64:437-448.
Strange, R.M.* and C.A. Stepien. 2007. DNA analysis distinguishes North American and Eurasian Yellow Perch in unknown fried fillet samples. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 105(2): 292-295.
Borden, C.W. and C.A. Stepien. 2006. Discordant Population Genetic Structuring of Smallmouth Bass, Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede, in Lake Erie Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences and Nuclear DNA Microsatellites. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 32:242-257.
Stepien, C.A. and M.A. Tumeo. 2006. Invasion genetics of Ponto-Caspian gobies in the Great Lakes: A “cryptic” species, absence of founder effects, and comparative risk analysis. Biological Invasions. (Springer). 8(1):61-78.
Report on the Genetic Spawning Site Stock Structure of Lake Erie Walleye, Yellow Perch, and Smallmouth Bass (2006).
Ford, A.M.* and C.A. Stepien. 2004. Genetic variation and spawning population structure in Lake Erie Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens: A comparison with a Maine population. In Proceedings of Percis III, the 3rd International Symposium on Percid Fishes, T.P. Barry and J.A. Malison, eds. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, Madison, WI. 131-2.
Stepien, C.A., A.M. Ford*, A.K. Dillon-Klika*, and M.A. Tumeo. 2004. Risk analysis and genetic identity of the Eurasian source population for the Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus) invasion in the Great Lakes. In Proceedings of Percis III, the 3rd International Symposium on Percid Fishes, T.P. Barry and J.A. Malison, eds. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, Madison, WI. 91-92.
Stepien, C.A., C.D. Taylor*, and D.W. Einhouse. 2004. An analysis of genetic risk to a native spawning stock of Walleye Sander vitreus (Stizostedion vitreum) due to stocking in Cattaraugus Creek. In Proceedings of Percis III, the 3rd International Symposium on Percid Fishes, T.P. Barry and J.A. Malison, eds. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, Madison, WI. 93-94.
Stepien, C.A. and J.E. Faber. 1998. Population genetic structure, phylogeography, and spawning philopatry in Walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) from mtDNA control region sequences. Molecular Ecology. 7(12): 1757-1769.
Faber, J.E. and C.A. Stepien. 1998. Tandemly repeated sequences in the mitochondrial DNA control region and phylogeography of the pike-perches Stizostedion. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 10(3): 310-323.
Faber, J.E. and C.A. Stepien. 1997. The utility of mitochondrial DNA control region sequences for analyzing phylogenetic relationships among populations, species, and genera of the Percidae. Ch. 9, pp. 129-143 In: Kocher, T.D. and C.A. Stepien (eds.) Molecular Systematics of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego.
Stepien, C.A. 1995. Population genetic divergence and geographic patterns from DNA sequences: Examples from marine and freshwater fishes. pp. 263-287, In: Evolution and the Aquatic Ecosystem: Defining unique units in population conservation. Nielsen, J., ed., American Fisheries Society 17, Bethesda, MD.