(GLGL researchers 2004-present in bold, *=students, teachers, and postdocs sponsored by Stepien)
Sepulveda-Villet, O.J.*, A.M. Ford*, J.D. Williams, and C.A. Stepien. 2009. Population genetic diversity and phylogeographic divergence patterns of the yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Journal of Great Lakes Research 35: 107-119.
Neilson, M.E.* and C.A. Stepien. 2009b. Escape from the Ponto-Caspian: Evolution and biogeography of an endemic goby species flock (Benthophilinae: Gobiidae: Teleostei). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, In press.
Neilson, M.E.* and C.A. Stepien. 2009a. Evolution and phylogeography of the tubenose goby genus Proterorhinus (Gobiidae: Teleostei): Evidence for new cryptic species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 664-684.
Brown, J.E.* and C.A. Stepien. 2009. Invasion genetics of the round goby: Tracing Eurasian source populations to the New World. Molecular Ecology 18: 64-79.
Brown, J.E.* and C. A. Stepien. 2008. Ancient divisions, recent expansions: Phylogeography and population genetics of the round goby Apollonia melanostoma across Eurasia. Molecular Ecology 17: 2598-2615.
Haponski, A.E. and C.A. Stepien. 2008. Molecular, morphological, and biogeographic resolution of cryptic taxa in the Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 69-83.
Kvach, Y.* and C.A. Stepien. 2008a. The invasive round goby Apollonia melanostoma (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) – a new intermediate host of the trematode Neochasmus umbellus (Trematoda: Cryptogonimidae) in Lake Erie, Ohio, USA. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 24: 103-105.
Kvach, Y.* and C.A. Stepien. 2008b. Metazoan parasites of introduced round and tubenose gobies in the Great Lakes: Support for the “Enemy Release Hypothesis”. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34: 23-35.
Haponski, A.E.*, T.M. Marth*, and C.A. Stepien. 2007. Genetic divergence across a low-head dam: A preliminary analysis using logperch and greenside darters. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33(Special Issue 2):117-126.
Ohayon, J.L.* and C. A. Stepien. 2007. Genetic and biogeographic relationships of the racer goby Neogobius gymnotrachelus (Gobiidae: Teleostei) from exotic and native Eurasian locations. Journal of Fish Biology 71 (Supplement C):360-370.
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.
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.
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.
Borden, C.W*. and Stepien, C.A. 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 8(1):61-78.
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., 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.
Ford, A.M.* and Stepien,C.A. 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., C.D. Taylor*, and K.A. Dabrowska*. 2002. Genetic variability and phylogeographic patterns of a nonindigenous species invasion: A comparison of exotic versus native zebra and quagga mussel populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15(2):314-328.
Dillon, A.K.* and C.A. Stepien. 2001. Genetic and biogeographic relationships of the invasive round (Neogobius melanostomus) and tubenose (Proterorhinus marmoratus) gobies in the Great Lakes versus Eurasian populations. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27(3):267-280.
Stepien, C.A., A.K. Dillon*, and A.K. Patterson*. 2000. Population genetics, phylogeography, and systematics of the thornyhead rockfishes (Sebastolobus) along the deep continental slopes of the North Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57:1701-1717.
Stepien, C.A., A. N. Hubers*, and J. Skidmore*. 1999. Diagnostic genetic markers and evolutionary relationships among invasive dreissenoid and corbiculoid bivalves: Phylogenetic signal from mitochondrial 16S rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 13(1):31-49.
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.
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.
Stepien, C.A., A.K. Dillon*, and M.D. Chandler*. 1998. Genetic identity, phylogeography, and systematics of ruffe Gymnocephalus in the North American Great Lakes and Eurasia. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 24(2):361-378.
Stepien, C.A. and T.D. Kocher. 1997. Molecules and Morphology in Studies of Fish Evolution. Ch. 1, pp. 1-11 In: Kocher, T.D. and C.A. Stepien (eds.) Molecular Systematics of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego.
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., A.K. Dillon*, M.L. Brooks*, K.L. Chase*, and A.N. Hubers*. 1997. The evolution of blennioid fishes based on an analysis of mitochondrial 12S rDNA sequence data. Ch.15, pp. 245-270. In: Kocher, T.D. and C.A. Stepien (eds.) Molecular Systematics of Fishes. Academic Press, San Diego.
Stepien, C.A. and R.H. Rosenblatt. 1996. Genetic divergence in antitropical pelagic marine fishes (Trachurus, Merluccius, and Scomber) between North and South America. Copeia.1996: 586-98.
Stepien, C.A. 1995. Population genetic divergence and geographic patterns from DNA sequences: Examples from marine and freshwater fishes. pp. 263-287. In: Nielsen, J.(ed.). Evolution and the Aquatic Ecosystem: Defining Unique Units in Population Conservation. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. Bethesda, Maryland.
Stepien, C. A., J. Randall, and R.H. Rosenblatt. 1994. Genetic and morphological divergence of a circumtropical complex of goatfishes: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, M. dentatus, and M. martinicus. Pacific Science 48:44-56.
Stepien, C.A., M.T. Dixon, and D.M. Hillis. 1993. Evolutionary relationships of the Blennioid fish families Labrisomidae, Clinidae, and Chaenopsidae: Congruence among DNA sequence and allozyme data. Symposium on Evolution of Percomorph Fishes, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Bulletin of Marine Science 52:496-515.
Stepien, C.A. 1992. Evolution and biogeography of the Clinidae (Kelpfishes: Teleostei: Blennioidei) Copeia 1992(2):375-392.
Stepien, C.A. and R.H. Rosenblatt. 1991. Patterns of gene flow and genetic divergence in the northeastern Pacific Clinidae (Teleostei: Blennioidei), based on allozyme and morphological data. Copeia 1991(4):873-896.
Stepien, C.A. 1990. Population structures, diets, and biogeographic relationships of a rocky intertidal fish assemblage in central Chile: High levels of herbivory in a temperate system. Bulletin of Marine Science 47(3):598-612.
Stepien, C.A. 1987. Color pattern and habitat differences between male, female, and juvenile giant kelpfish. Bulletin of Marine Science. 41(1): 45-58.
Stepien, C.A. 1986a. Life history and larval development of the giant kelpfish, Heterostichus rostratus Girard. Fishery Bulletin, United States 84(4):809-826.
