The University of Toledo

Sullivan, T.J.* and C.A. Stepien.**
Genetic diversity and divergence of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) spawning populations across the Huron-Erie Corridor, from Lake Huron through western Lake Erie. J. of Great Lakes Research. Accepted.

Sepulveda-Villet, O.J.* and C.A. Stepien.**
Waterscape genetics of the yellow perch (Perca flavescens): Patterns across large connected ecosystems and isolated relict populations. Molecular Ecology. Accepted.

Stepien, C.A.**, I.A. Grigorovich, D.J. Murphy*, M.A. Gray*, and G. Kalacyi*. 2012.
Evolutionary, biogeographic, and population genetic relationships of Dreissenid mussels, with revision of component taxa. Chapter in: Nalepa, T., and D. Schloesser. Quagga and Zebra Mussels: Biology, Impacts, and Control, 2nd Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL In Press.

Pierce, L.R.* and C.A. Stepien.** 2012.
Evolution and biogeography of an emerging quasispecies: Diversity patterns of the fish viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSv). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63:327–341. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.12.024

Karsiotis, S.I.*, J.E. Brown*, L.R. Pierce*, and C.A. Stepien.** 2012.
Salinity tolerance of the invasive round goby: experimental implications for seawater ballast exchange and spread to North American estuaries. Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Stepien, C.A., J.A. Banda*, D.M. Murphy*, and A.E. Haponski*. 2012.
Temporal and spatial genetic consistency of walleye (Sander vitreus) spawning groups. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 141:660-672. doi:10.1080/00028487.2012.683474

Sepulveda-Villet, O.J.*, and C.A. Stepien. 2011.
Fine-scale population genetic structure of the yellow perch Perca flavescens in Lake Erie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68:1-19. doi:10.1139/F2011-077

Feldheim, K.A., J.E. Brown*, D.M. Murphy*, and C.A. Stepien. 2011.
Microsatellite loci for dreissenid mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and relatives: Markers for assessing invasive and native species. Molecular Ecology Resources. 11:725-732. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03012.

Neilson, M.E.* and C.A. Stepien.** 2011.
Historic cryptic speciation and recent colonization of Eurasian monkey gobies (Neogobius fluviatilis and N. pallasi) revealed by DNA sequences, microsatellites, and morphology. Diversity and Distributions. 17:688-702. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00762.x

Kocovsky, P.M., J.A. Tallman, D.J. Jude, D.M. Murphy*, J.E. Brown* and C. A. Stepien. 2011.
Expansion of tubenose gobies Proterorhinus semilunaris into western Lake Erie and potential effects on native species. Biological Invasions. 13: In press, available online. doi: 10.1007/s10530-011-9962-5

Stepien, C.A.** and A.E. Haponski*. 2010.
Systematics of the greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides complex: Consensus from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57:434–447. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.017

Brown, J.E.* and C.A. Stepien.** 2010.
Population genetic history of the dreissenid mussel invasion: Expansion patterns across North America. Biological Invasions. 12(11): 3687-3710. doi: 10.1007/s10530-010-9763-2

Stepien, C.A.**, D.M. Murphy*, R.L. Lohner*, O.J. Sepulveda-Villet*, and A.E. Haponski*. 2010.
Status and delineation of walleye genetic stocks across the Great Lakes. In: Status of Walleye in the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Fishery Technical Report 69:197-223. Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, MI.