Current members (bold) and previous members (*) of the PMEL Ocean Molecular Ecology

2023:

Gold, Z., A.O. Shelton, H.R. Casendino, J. Duprey, R. Gallego, A. Van Cise, M. Fisher, A.J. Jensen, E. D'Agnese, E. Andruszkiewicz Allan, A. Ramón-Laca, M. Garber-Yonts, M. Labare, K.M. Parsons, and R.P. Kelly (2023): Signal and noise in metabarcoding data. PLoS ONE, 18(5), e0285674, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285674

Gold, Z., R.P. Kelly, A.O. Shelton, A.R. Thompson, K.D. Goodwin, R. Gallego, K.M. Parsons, L.R. Thompson, D. Kacev, and P.H. Barber (2023): Archived DNA reveals marine heatwave-associated shifts in fish assemblages. Environmental DNA, 00, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.400

Satterthwaite, E.V., A.E. Allen, R.H. Lampe, Z. Gold, A.R. Thompson, N. Bowlin, R. Swalethorp, K.D. Goodwin, E.L. Hazen, S.J. Bograd, S.A. Matthews, and B.X. Semmens (2023): Toward identifying the critical ecological habitat of larval fishes: An environmental DNA window into fisheries management. In: Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean. E.S. Kappel, V. Cullen, M.J. Costello, L. Galgani, C. Gordó-Vilaseca, A. Govindarajan, S. Kouhi, C. Lavin, L. McCartin, J.D. Müller, B. Pirenne, T. Tanhua, Q. Zhao, and S. Zhao, eds, Oceanography 36 (Supplement 1), 90–93, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.s1.29

2022:

Shelton, A.O., Z. Gold, E. D'Agnese, A. Van Cise, R. Gallego, K. Parsons, J. Duprey, H. Casedino, M. Garber-Yonts, M. Fisher, and R. Kelly (2022): Towards quantitative metabarcoding. Ecology, 104 (2), e3906, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3906

Gold, Z., A.R. Wall, Teia M. Schweizer, N.D. Pentcheff, E.E. Curd, P.H. Barber, R.S. Meyer, R. Wayne, K. Stolzenbach, K. Prickett, J. Luedy, and R. Wetzer (2022): A manager's guide to using eDNA metabarcoding in marine ecosystems. PeerJ, 10, e14071, http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14071

Garber, A.I., C. R. Armbruster, S.E. Lee, V.S. Cooper, J.M. Bomberger, and S.M. McAllister (2022): SprayNPray: User-friendly taxonomic profiling of genome and metagenome contigs. MBC Genom., 23 (1), 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.17.452725

2021:

Galaska, M.P., G. Liu, D. West, K. Erickson, A. M. Quattrini, A. Bracco, and S. Herrera (2021): Seascape genomics reveals metapopulation connectivity network of Paramuricea biscaya in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Mar. Sci., 8, 790929, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.790929

Galaska, M.P., D.S. Wethey, A. Arias, S.F. Dubois, K.M. Halanych, and S.A. Woodin (2021): The impact of aquaculture on the genetics and distribution of the onuphid annelid Diopatra biscayensis. Ecol. Evol., 11(11), 6184-6194, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7447

Resh, C.A., M.P. Galaska, K.C. Benesh, J.P.A. Gardner, K.-J. Wei, R.-J. Yan, and A.R. Mahon (2021): Using genomics to link populations of an invasive species to its potential sources. Front. Ecol. Evol., 9, 575599, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.575599

Garber, A.I., G.A. Ramírez, S.M. McAllister, W. Orsi, and S. D’Hondt (2021): Cryptic metabolisms in anoxic subseafloor sediment. Environ. Microbiol. Rep., 13(5), 696-701, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12983

2020:

Stepien, C.A.*, D. Leaman, and M.D. Niner. (2020): Chapter 4: Rhabdoviruses (with focus on Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus and other Novirhabdoviruses). In: Woo, P.T.K, J. Leong, & K. Buchmann. Climate Change and Infectious Fish Diseases. CABI, England, U.K.

2019:

Stepien, C.A.*, M.R. Snyder, A.E*. Elz. (2019): Invasion genetics of the silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix across North America: Differentiation of fronts, introgression, and eDNA metabarcode detection. PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0203012., https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203012

Marshall, N.T.*, C.A. Stepien*. (2019): Invasion genetics from eDNA and thousands of larvae: A targeted metabarcoding assay that distinguishes species and population variation of zebra and quagga mussels. Ecol. Evol., 9(6), 1-24, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4985

Canonico, G., Buttigieg, P.L…Stepien, C.A.*, … et al. (2019): Global Observational Needs and Resources for Marine Biodiversity. Front. Mar. Sci., 6(367), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00367

Marshall, N.*, and C.A. Stepien* (2019): Dreissenidae. Chapter 42 in Freshwater Mollusks of the World: A Distribution Atlas, C. Lydeard and K.S. Cummings (eds.), Johns Hopkins University Press.

2018:

Stepien, C.A.*, D.J. Eddins, M.R. Snyder*, and N.J. Marshall* (2018): Genetic change versus stasis over the time course of invasions: Trajectories of two concurrent, allopatric introductions of the Eurasian ruffe. Aquat. Invasions, 13(4), 537–552, https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2018.13.4.11

Stepien, C.A.*, M.R. Snyder*, and C.T. Knight (2018): Genetic divergence of nearby walleye spawning groups in central Lake Erie: Implications for management. N. Am. J. Fish. Manage., 38(4), 783–793, https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10176

Tajbakhsk, F., C.A. Stepien*, A. Abdoli, N. Tabatabaei, and B.H. Kiabi (2018): Geometric morphometric and meristic analysis of the deepwater goby, Ponticola bathybius (Kessler, 1877) (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea. Iran. J. Ichthyol., 5(1), 64–73.

Shepherd, B.S., A.R. Spear, A.M. Phillip, D.W. Leaman, C.A. Stepien*, O.J. Sepulveda-Villet, D.E. Palmquist, and M.M. Vijayan (2018): Effects of cortisol and lipopolysaccharide on expression of select growth-, stress- and immune-related genes in rainbow trout liver. Fish Shellfish Immunol., 74, 410-418, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2018.01.003.

2017:

Klymus, K.E., N.T. Marshall*, and C.A. Stepien* (2017): Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding assays to detect invasive invertebrate species in the Great Lakes. PLoS ONE, 12(5), e0177643, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177643

Trebitz, A., J. Hoffman, J. Darling, E. Pilgrim, J. Kelly, E. Brown, W. Chadderton, S. Egan, E. Grey, S. Hashsham, K. Klymus, A. Mahon, J. Ram, M. Schjuiltz, C.A. Stepien*, and J. Schardt (2017): Early detection monitoring for aquatic non-indigenous species: Optimizing surveillance, incorporating advanced technologies, and identifying research needs. J. Environ. Manage., 202(1), 299–310, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.045

Ke, Q., W. Weaver, A. Pore, B. Gorgoglione, J. Halo Wildschutte, P. Xiao, B.S. Shepherd, A. Spear, K. Malathi, C.A. Stepien*, V.N. Vakharia, and D.W. Leaman (2017): Role of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus Matrix (M) protein in suppressing host transcription. J. Virol., 91(19), e00279-17, https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00279-17

Snyder, M.R.*, and C.A. Stepien* (2017): Genetic patterns across an invasion's history: A test of change versus stasis for the Eurasian round goby in North America. Mol. Ecol., 26(4), 1075–1090, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13997

Stepien, C.A*., S.I. Karsiotis, T.J. Sullivan, and K.E. Klymus (2017): Population genetic structure and comparative diversity of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu: Congruent patterns from two genomes. J. Fish Biol., 90(5), 2125–2147, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13296