Blakeslee Lab Publication List
Publications in descending order (Current or former *graduate, **undergraduate, and ***high school students when the research was carried out)
April Blakeslee Google Scholar Publications and Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5hi5xKEAAAAJ&hl=en
72. Goodnight, S.R., A.M.H. Blakeslee, M.W. McCoy (2025). Genetic diversity and population structure of parasite
infrapopulations within and across hosts for two trophically transmitted trematode parasites. PeerJ. 13, p.e19178.
71. Mott, A.W., A.M.H. Blakeslee, S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, A.E. Fowler (2025). Is macroinvertebrate habitat use
indirectly driven by a nonnative alga? Ecosphere. 16(4), p.e70204.
70. Lee, T.S.,* A.E. Fowler, S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, C. Gabriel**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2025). Biogeographic
patterns of community diversity associated with an introduced alga. Aquatic Invasions. 20(1), pp.127-151.
69. Trackenberg, S.N., C.J. Baillie, D.A. Smith, A.M. Albright, A.M.H. Blakeslee, S.E. Donaher, E.H. Wellman, N.C.
Woodard, Y.S. Zhang, R.K. Gittman (2025). Evaluating habitat provisioning and restoration potential of a
subtropical seagrass species in a temperate estuary. Estuaries and Coasts.
68. Lee, T.S.*, A.E. Fowler, J.R. Largen**, J.P. Russo**, Z.J. Schlegel**, D.K. Wright**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2024).
Differential survival of Ilyanassa obsoleta to water temperature and association with the non-native red alga
Gracilaria vermiculophylla. Hydrobiologia. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05580-9
67. Moore, C.S.*, R.K. Gittman, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2024). Parasites as surrogates of biodiversity
and habitat complexity in coastal ecosystems. Ecosphere 15(7): e4928. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4928
66. Reese, T.C., A.M.H. Blakeslee, L.C. Crane, L.S. Fletcher, M.F. Repetto, N. Smith, C. Stancil, C.K. Tepolt, B.J. Toscano,
B.D. Griffen (2024). Shift from income breeding to capital breeding with latitude in the invasive Asian shore crab
Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports. 14, 6654. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57434-y.
65. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.S. Moore*, C.K. Stancil*, N.E. Woodward*, M.E. Geesin, C. Manning-Moore**, R. Aguilar, S.
Smith, R.K. Gittman (2024). Caribbean Creeping Crabs: northward expansion of the green porcelain crab
in North Carolina, USA. BioInvasions Records. 13: 109–120. DOI: 10. 3391/bir.2024.13.1.10.
64. Swanson, K.*, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler, S. Roozbehi**, E.K. Field (2023). Microbial communities are
indicators of parasite infection status. Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16533.
63. Stankowski S., Z.B. Zagrodzka, J. Galindo, M. Montaño-Rendón, R. Faria, N. Mikhailova, A.M.H. Blakeslee, E.
Arnason, T. Broquet, H.E. Morales, J.W. Grahame, A.M. Westram, K. Johannesson, R.K. Butlin (2023). Whole-genome
phylogeography of the intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.
DOI: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzad002
62. Griffen B.D., M. Bolander, A.M.H. Blakeslee, L.C. Crane, M.F. Repetto, C.K. Tepolt, B.J. Toscano (2023). Past
energy allocation overwhelms current energy stresses in determining energy allocation trade-offs. Ecology
and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10402
61. Moore, C.S.*, C. Baillie, E. Edmonds**, R.K. Gittman, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2023). Parasites indicate trophic
complexity and faunal succession in restored oyster reefs. Ecological Applications. e2825.
https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2825
60. Williams. J.D., C. Boyko, C.K. Tepolt, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2023). Cryptic diversity in endoparasitic isopods
(Bopyroidea: Entoniscidae) from mud crabs along the Atlantic coast of the USA revealed by molecular and
larval characters: the long and the short of it. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 43: ruac065.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac065
59. Reese, T.C., J. Alder, E.G. Asay, A.M.H. Blakeslee, D. Cabrera, J. Carver, L. Crane, L.S. Fletcher, E. Pinkston, M.F.
Repetto, N. Smith, C. Stancil, C.K. Tepolt, B.J. Toscano, B.D. Griffen (2023). Effects of season and latitude on the
diet quality of the invasive Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus. MEPS. 704: 67–79.
58. K.V. Galaktionov, A.I. Solovyeva, A.M.H. Blakeslee, K. Skírnisson (2022). Overview of renicolid digeneans
(Digenea, Renicolidae) from marine gulls of northern Holarctic with remarks on their species statuses, phylogeny
and Phylogeography. Parasitology. 150: 55-77.
57. Griffen, B.D., J. Alder, L. Anderson III, E.G. Asay, A.M.H. Blakeslee, M. Bolander, D. Cabrera, J. Carver, L. Crane, E.R.
DiNuzzo, L.S. Fletcher, J. Luckett, M. Meidell, E. Pinkston, T.C. Reese, M.F. Repetto, N. Smith, C. Stancil, C.K. Tepolt,
B.J. Toscano, A. Vernier (2022). Latitudinal and temporal variation in injury and its impacts in the invasive
Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports. 12: 1-12.
56. Barnard, R.B.*, C.S. Moore*, C.L. Keogh, A.M.H. Blakeslee (corresponding author) (2022). If You Encyst: Evidence
of parasite escape and host switching among three co-occurring crabs. MEPS. 697: 67-80.
55. Fowler, A.E., G.A. Loonam**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2022). Population genetics and demography of non-indigenous
populations of freshwater Japanese mystery snails in Virginia and Washington, D.C., USA. Aquatic Invasions.
54. Mott, A.W., S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2022). Native tube-building polychaete
prefers to anchor non-native algae over other macrophytes. Oecologia. 198: 967–980.
53. Fowler, A.E., G.A. Loonam**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2022). Unraveling another mystery: parasite escape and host-
switching vary spatially in non-indigenous populations of Japanese mystery snails. Freshwater Biology. 67:
1316-1332.
52. Ro, H.J.**, A.E. Fowler, C.L. Wood, A.M.H. Blakeslee (corresponding author) (2022). Trematode parasites have
minimal effect on the behavior of invasive green crabs. Aquatic Invasions. 17: 238–258.
51. Bojko J, K.A. McCoy, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2022). ‘Candidatus Mellornella promiscua’ n. gen. n. sp.
(Alphaproteobacteria:Rickettsiales:Anaplasmataceae): An intracytoplasmic, hepatopancreatic, pathogen of the
flatback mud crab, Eurypanopeus depressus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 190: 107737.
50. Jennings, L.A., A.M.H. Blakeslee, K.A. McCoy, D.C. Behringer, J. Bojko (2021). Systematic revision of the
Eubrachyura and inclusion of three new Panopeidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) mitochondrial genomes.
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 569-585.
49. Blakeslee, A.M.H., D.L. Pochtar, A.E. Fowler, C.S. Moore*, T.S. Lee*, R.B. Barnard*, K.L. Swanson*, L.C. Lukas*, M.
Ruocchio**, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, C.K. Tepolt (2021) Invasion of the body snatchers: the role of
parasite introduction in host distribution and response to salinity in invaded estuaries. Proceedings of the Royal
Society Series B Biology. 288: 20210703. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0703
48. Blakeslee, A.M.H., A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, K. Johannesson, C. André, M. Panova (2021). Population structure and
phylogeography of two North Atlantic Littorina species with contrasting larval development. Marine Biology.
168: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03918-8
47. Tobias, Z., A.E. Fowler, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.A. Darling, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, C.K. Tepolt (2021)
Invasion history shapes host transcriptomic response to a body-snatching parasite. Molecular Ecology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16038
46. Brothers, C.A. ** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (corresponding author) (2021). Alien vs predator play hide and seek: How
habitat complexity alters parasite mediated host survival. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 535:
151488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151488
45. Moore, C.S.*, R.K. Gittman, B.J. Puckett, E.H. Wellman, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2020). If you build it, they will come:
restoration timing and design influence free-living and parasite diversity in a restored tidal marsh. Food Webs 25:
e00167 (Special Issue on Restoration). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2020.e00167
44. Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Canning Clode, M. Repetto, G.M. Ruiz & A.W. Miller (2020). A bait box for all
seasons: temporal shifts in a vector’s propagule supply characteristics and implications for invasion ecology.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 641:13-24. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13303
43. Hitchens, R.* & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2020). Trends in Illegal Wildlife Trade: Analyzing Personal Baggage Seizure
Data in the Pacific Northwest. PlosOne. 15: e0234197. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234197
42. Tepolt, C.K., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler, J.A. Darling, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz (2020). Strong genetic
structure in a widespread estuarine crab: A test of potential versus realized dispersal. Journal of Biogeography.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13919
41. Carlton, J.T., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2020). Accidental associates are not symbionts: the absence of a
non‑parasitic endosymbiotic community inside the common periwinkle Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Marine Biology. 167: 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03694-x
40. Blakeslee, A.M.H., M. Ruocchio**, C.S. Moore* & C.L. Keogh (2020). Altered susceptibility to trematode infection
in native versus introduced populations of the European green crab. Aquatic Invasions. 15: 177–195.
https://www.reabic.net/aquaticinvasions/2020/AI_2020_Blakeslee_etal.pdf
39. Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A. Bortolus, J. Dias, C.K. Tepolt, E. Schwindt (2020). Current research, pressing
issues, and lingering questions in marine invasion science: lessons from the Tenth International Conference on
Marine Bioinvasions (ICMB-X). Aquatic Invasions 15: 1–10. The special issue can be found at:
https://www.reabic.net/aquaticinvasions/2020/issue1.aspx
38. Blakeslee A.M.H., R.B. Barnard*, K. Matheson & C.H. McKenzie (2020). Host–switching among crabs: species
introduction results in a new target host for native parasites. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 636: 91–106.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13214
37. Blakeslee A.M.H., T. Manousaki, K. Vasileiadou, C.K. Tepolt (2020). An evolutionary perspective on marine
invasions. Evolutionary Applications 13: 479–485. SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW AND SYNTHESES.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12906. The special issue can be found at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17524571/2020/13/3
36. Blakeslee, A.M.H., L. Haram**, I. Altman, K. Maglies**, G.M. Ruiz, A.W. Miller (2020). Genetic bottlenecks and
species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications 13: 559-574. Special Issue on the
Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868
35. Tepolt, C.K., J.A. Darling, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz (2020). Recent
introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across a coevolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary
Applications 13: 545-558. Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865
34. Bojko J, K.A. McCoy, D.C. Behringer, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2019). Circular single-stranded DNA virus (Microviridae:
Gokushovirinae: Jodiemicrovirus) associated with the pathobiome of the flat-back mud crab, Eurypanopeus
depressus. Microbiol Resour Announc 8: e01026-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01026-19
33. Krueger-Hadfield, S.A, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2019). Incorporating ploidy diversity into ecological and
community genetics. Journal of Phycology. 55: 1198-1207. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12906
32. Moore, C.S.*, M.J. Ruocchio** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2018) Distribution and population structure in the naked goby
Gobiosoma bosc (Perciformes: Gobiidae) along a salinity gradient in two western Atlantic estuaries. PeerJ 6:e5380
https://peerj.com/articles/5380/
31. Lehnert, S.J., C. DiBacco, N.W. Jeffery, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Isaksson, J. Roman, B.F. Wringe, R.R.E. Stanley, K.
Matheson, C.H. McKenzie, L.C. Hamilton, I.R. Bradbury (2018) Temporal dynamics of a genetic cline of invasive
European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in eastern North America. Evolutionary Applications. 11: 1656-1670.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.1265.
30. Moritzen, L.C.**, M.S. Roy*, G.W. Smalley & A.M.H Blakeslee (2018). Distribution and tidal variation of
palaemonid shrimp in artificial and natural habitats. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38: 295-301.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy017.
29. Blakeslee, A.M.H., Y. Kamakura, J. Onufrey***, W Makino, J. Urabe, S. Park, C.L. Keogh, A.W. Miller, M.S. Minton,
J.T. Carlton, O. Miura (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus
(De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164:47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
28. Blakeslee, A.M.H., A.E. Fowler, J.L. Couture, E.D. Grosholz, G.M. Ruiz & A.W. Miller (2016) Vector management
reduces marine organisms transferred with live saltwater bait. Management of Biological Invasions 7: 389-398.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2016.7.4.08
27. Byers, J.E., Z.C. Holmes** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2016) Consistency of trematode infection prevalence in host
populations across large spatial and temporal scales. Ecology 97: 1643–1649. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1440
26. Freeman, A.S., A. Frischeisen & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2016) Estuarine fouling communities are dominated by
nonindigenous species in the presence of an invasive crab. Biological Invasions 18: 1653–1665.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1108-3
25. Kroft, K.L.** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2016) Comparison of parasite diversity in native panopeid mud crabs and the
invasive Asian shore crab in estuaries of northeast North America. Aquatic Invasions 11: 287-301.
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2016.11.3.07
24. Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Canning Clode, M. Repetto**, A. Phillip**, J.T. Carlton, F. Moser, G.M. Ruiz & A.W.
Miller (2016). Opening Pandora’s bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity
& Distributions 22: 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12376
23. Phelan, K., A.M.H. Blakeslee, M. Krause & J.D. Williams (2016). First documentation and molecular confirmation
of three trematode species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida:
Spionidae). Parasitology Research 115: 183-194. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4734-2.
22. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.L. Keogh, A.E. Fowler & B.D. Griffen (2015) Assessing the effects of trematode infection on
invasive green crabs in eastern North America. PLoS One 10(6): e0128674.
21. Darling, J.A., Y-H. E. Tsai, A.M.H. Blakeslee & J. Roman (2014) Are genes faster than crabs? Intraspecific
admixture facilitates expansion of mitochondrial genomes beyond an established population range limit. Royal
Society Open Science 1: 140202.
20. Blakeslee, A.M.H., A.E. Fowler & C.L. Keogh (2013) Marine invasions and parasite escape: updates and new
perspectives. Advances in Marine Biology 66: 87-169.
19. Freeman, A.S., A.M.H. Blakeslee & A.E. Fowler (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus
panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions 8: 347-353
18. Blakeslee, A.M.H., I. Altman, A.W. Miller, J.E. Byers, C.E. Hamer** & G.M. Ruiz (2012) Parasites and invasions: a
biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography 39:
609-622.
17. Pringle, J., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.E. Byers & J. Roman (2011) Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to
control population structure throughout a species’ range. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108:
15288-15293. Note: Featured in ScienceDaily (9/26/11) Location Matters: For Invasive Aquatic Species, It's
Better to Start Upstream by Beth Gavrilles (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926132018.htm)
16. Panova M., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.W. Miller, T. Mäkinen, G.M. Ruiz, K. Johannesson & C. André (2011) Survival of a
North Atlantic marine snail in multiple glacial refugia—implications for phylogeographic patterns. PLOS One
6(3): e17511.
15. Simberloff D. et al. (2011) Non-natives: 141 scientists object. Nature 475: 36.
14. Chang, A.L., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.W. Miller & G.M. Ruiz (2011) Why do invasions fail? A case history of Littorina
littorea in California, USA. PLOS One. 6(1): e16035.
13. Blakeslee, A.M.H., J. Canning-Clode, E.M. Lind & G. Quilez-Badia (2011) Biological invasions in the 21st century:
Ecological impacts, predictions, and management across land and sea. Environmental Research 111: 891-892
12. Altman, I., A.M.H. Blakeslee, G.C. Osio, C. Rillahan, S. Teck, J.J. Meyers, J.E. Byers & A.A. Rosenberg (2011) A
practical approach to guide the implementation of ecosystem-based management using the Gulf of Maine
marine ecosystem as a case study. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 183-189. Note: Featured on the April
2011 cover: http://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/issue/10.1002/fee.2011.9.issue-3/ ).
11. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.H. McKenzie, J.A. Darling, J.E. Byers, J.M. Pringle & J. Roman (2010) A hitchhiker’s guide to
the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of an invasive marine crab to
Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions 16: 879–891.
10. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.L. Keogh**, J.E. Byers, A.M. Kuris, K.D. Lafferty & M.E. Torchin (2009). Differential escape
from parasites by two competing introduced crabs. MEPS 393: 83–96.
9. Brawley, S.H., J.A. Coyer, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.L. Olsen, G. Hoarau, L.E. Johnson, J.E. Byers & W.T. Stam (2009)
Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade
and emigration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 8239-8244. Note: Featured in the New York
Times (5/9/09) Retracing the Journey of Two Invasive Species by H. Fountain
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05obweed.html).
8. Blakeslee, A.M.H., J.E. Byers & M.P. Lesser (2008) Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics:
the resolution of Littorina littorea’s North American origin. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696.
7. Blakeslee, A.M.H. & J.E. Byers (2008) Using parasites to inform ecological history: comparisons among three
congeneric marine snails. Ecology 89: 1068-1078.
6. Byers, J.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, E. Linder, A. Cooper & T. Maguire** (2008) Controls of spatial variation in the
abundance of marine trematode parasites. Ecology 89: 439-51.
5. Chapman, J.W., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.T. Carlton & M.R. Bellinger (2008) Parsimony dictates a human introduction:
On the use of genetic (and other) data to distinguish between the natural and human-mediated invasion of
Littorina littorea in North America. Biological Invasions 10: 131-133.
4. Pederson, J.A. & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2008) Fifth international conference on marine bioinvasions: introduction.
ICES Journal of Marine Science 65: 713-715.
3. Wares, J.P. & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2007) AFLP data provide poor resolution to the Littorina littorea puzzle. Marine
Biology Research 3: 168-174.
2. Chapman, J.W., J.T. Carlton, M.R. Bellinger & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2007). Premature refutation of a human-mediated
marine species introduction: the case history of the marine snail, Littorina littorea, in the Northwestern Atlantic.
Biological Invasions 9: 737-750.
1. Wood, C.L.**, J.E. Byers, K.L. Cottingham, I. Altman, M. Donahue & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2007) Parasites alter
community structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 9335-9339. Note: Featured in Science
Daily (5/15/07) Parasites' Impact Goes Beyond Host To Affect Ecosystem .
BOOKS
The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases (in press). Edited by: J.E. Byers, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.P.
Wares. Oxford University Press.
Parasites and Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen Interactions. (2023).
Edited by: J. Bojko, A.M. Dunn & A.M.H. Blakeslee. CABI Press.
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10.1079/9781789248135.0000
BOOK CHAPTERS (n=9)
Byers, J.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.P. Wares. The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases: Introduction
(in press). In: The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases. Oxford University Press.
Wares, J.P., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.E. Byers. The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases: Conclusions (in
press). In: The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases. Oxford University Press.
Fowler, A.E., K. Lohan, M.E. Torchin, A.M.H. Blakeslee (in press). Introduced marine parasites: a latitudinal
perspective. In: The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases. Oxford University Press.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. & C.S. Moore (2023). Chapter 4: Parasites Inform Host Invasion History. In: Parasites and
Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen Interactions. CABI Press.
Dunn, A.M., A.M.H. Blakeslee & J. Bojko (2023). Chapter 1: Parasites in Biological Invasions: an Introduction. In:
Parasites and Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen Interactions. CABI Press.
Bojko, J., A.M. Dunn & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2023) Chapter 10: Parasites and Biological Invasions: Conclusions and
Future Perspectives. In: Parasites and Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen
Interactions. CABI Press.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2016). Parasites and Genetics in Marine Invertebrate Introductions: Signatures of Diversity
Declines across Systems. In: Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems: Vectors, Ecological Impacts, Management
and Predictions (Ed. J. Canning Clode). De Gruyter Open (Warsaw, Poland). pp 138-182. (Invited Book Chapter).
Blakeslee, A.M.H. & A.E. Fowler (2012) Aquatic introductions and genetic founder effects: how do parasites
compare to hosts? Genetic Diversity I: 315-336.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2007) Native or Invasive? The case history of the marine snail, Littorina littorea, in northeast
North America. In: Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal populations (D. Starkey,
P. Holm, M. Barnard, eds.). Earthscan, London, England, pp. 7-24.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, REVIEWS, AND DATASETS (n=7)
Carlton, J.T. & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2025). US National Report 2024. ICES Working Group on the Introductions and
Transfers of Marine Organisms.
Lee, T.S., A.E. Fowler, S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, C. Gabriel, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2024). Supporting data and data files:
Biogeographic patterns of community diversity associated with an introduced alga. Dryad Dataset:
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.tht76hf4b.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2024). US National Report 2023. ICES Working Group on the Introductions and
Transfers of Marine Organisms.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. & J.A. Darling (2025). US National Report 2024. ICES Working Group on the Introductions and
Transfers of Marine Organisms.
McKenzie, C., J. Behrens, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Canning-Clode, P. Chainho, G. Copp, A. Curd, J. Darling, P. Davison, B.
Galil, S. Gislason, S. Gollasch, J. Hegele-Drywa, N. Heibeck, K. Howland, C. Jaspers, A. Jelmert, K. Jensen, J. Kakkonen,
F. Kerckhof, M. Lehtiniemi, A. Marchini, R. Naddafi, M. Normant-Saremba, A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi, S. Olenin, M. Ros
Celmente, N. Simard, S. Smolders, F. Viard, M. Zabrocki, A. Zenetos (2022). WORKING GROUP ON INTRODUCTIONS
AND TRANSFERS OF MARINE ORGANISMS (WGITMO). ICES SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 4: 84 (209 pp).
https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.21558855
Tepolt, C.K., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2021). Transcriptome data: salinity adaptation in Rhithropanopeus
harrisii across an estuarine gradient. Dryad Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.573n5tb7r
Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2011) A global perspective of host-parasite interactions across time and space. Ecology
92: 1379-1380 (Book review).
April Blakeslee Google Scholar Publications and Citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5hi5xKEAAAAJ&hl=en
72. Goodnight, S.R., A.M.H. Blakeslee, M.W. McCoy (2025). Genetic diversity and population structure of parasite
infrapopulations within and across hosts for two trophically transmitted trematode parasites. PeerJ. 13, p.e19178.
71. Mott, A.W., A.M.H. Blakeslee, S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, A.E. Fowler (2025). Is macroinvertebrate habitat use
indirectly driven by a nonnative alga? Ecosphere. 16(4), p.e70204.
70. Lee, T.S.,* A.E. Fowler, S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, C. Gabriel**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2025). Biogeographic
patterns of community diversity associated with an introduced alga. Aquatic Invasions. 20(1), pp.127-151.
69. Trackenberg, S.N., C.J. Baillie, D.A. Smith, A.M. Albright, A.M.H. Blakeslee, S.E. Donaher, E.H. Wellman, N.C.
Woodard, Y.S. Zhang, R.K. Gittman (2025). Evaluating habitat provisioning and restoration potential of a
subtropical seagrass species in a temperate estuary. Estuaries and Coasts.
68. Lee, T.S.*, A.E. Fowler, J.R. Largen**, J.P. Russo**, Z.J. Schlegel**, D.K. Wright**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2024).
Differential survival of Ilyanassa obsoleta to water temperature and association with the non-native red alga
Gracilaria vermiculophylla. Hydrobiologia. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-024-05580-9
67. Moore, C.S.*, R.K. Gittman, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2024). Parasites as surrogates of biodiversity
and habitat complexity in coastal ecosystems. Ecosphere 15(7): e4928. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4928
66. Reese, T.C., A.M.H. Blakeslee, L.C. Crane, L.S. Fletcher, M.F. Repetto, N. Smith, C. Stancil, C.K. Tepolt, B.J. Toscano,
B.D. Griffen (2024). Shift from income breeding to capital breeding with latitude in the invasive Asian shore crab
Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports. 14, 6654. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57434-y.
65. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.S. Moore*, C.K. Stancil*, N.E. Woodward*, M.E. Geesin, C. Manning-Moore**, R. Aguilar, S.
Smith, R.K. Gittman (2024). Caribbean Creeping Crabs: northward expansion of the green porcelain crab
in North Carolina, USA. BioInvasions Records. 13: 109–120. DOI: 10. 3391/bir.2024.13.1.10.
64. Swanson, K.*, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler, S. Roozbehi**, E.K. Field (2023). Microbial communities are
indicators of parasite infection status. Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16533.
63. Stankowski S., Z.B. Zagrodzka, J. Galindo, M. Montaño-Rendón, R. Faria, N. Mikhailova, A.M.H. Blakeslee, E.
Arnason, T. Broquet, H.E. Morales, J.W. Grahame, A.M. Westram, K. Johannesson, R.K. Butlin (2023). Whole-genome
phylogeography of the intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.
DOI: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzad002
62. Griffen B.D., M. Bolander, A.M.H. Blakeslee, L.C. Crane, M.F. Repetto, C.K. Tepolt, B.J. Toscano (2023). Past
energy allocation overwhelms current energy stresses in determining energy allocation trade-offs. Ecology
and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10402
61. Moore, C.S.*, C. Baillie, E. Edmonds**, R.K. Gittman, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2023). Parasites indicate trophic
complexity and faunal succession in restored oyster reefs. Ecological Applications. e2825.
https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2825
60. Williams. J.D., C. Boyko, C.K. Tepolt, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2023). Cryptic diversity in endoparasitic isopods
(Bopyroidea: Entoniscidae) from mud crabs along the Atlantic coast of the USA revealed by molecular and
larval characters: the long and the short of it. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 43: ruac065.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac065
59. Reese, T.C., J. Alder, E.G. Asay, A.M.H. Blakeslee, D. Cabrera, J. Carver, L. Crane, L.S. Fletcher, E. Pinkston, M.F.
Repetto, N. Smith, C. Stancil, C.K. Tepolt, B.J. Toscano, B.D. Griffen (2023). Effects of season and latitude on the
diet quality of the invasive Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus. MEPS. 704: 67–79.
58. K.V. Galaktionov, A.I. Solovyeva, A.M.H. Blakeslee, K. Skírnisson (2022). Overview of renicolid digeneans
(Digenea, Renicolidae) from marine gulls of northern Holarctic with remarks on their species statuses, phylogeny
and Phylogeography. Parasitology. 150: 55-77.
57. Griffen, B.D., J. Alder, L. Anderson III, E.G. Asay, A.M.H. Blakeslee, M. Bolander, D. Cabrera, J. Carver, L. Crane, E.R.
DiNuzzo, L.S. Fletcher, J. Luckett, M. Meidell, E. Pinkston, T.C. Reese, M.F. Repetto, N. Smith, C. Stancil, C.K. Tepolt,
B.J. Toscano, A. Vernier (2022). Latitudinal and temporal variation in injury and its impacts in the invasive
Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports. 12: 1-12.
56. Barnard, R.B.*, C.S. Moore*, C.L. Keogh, A.M.H. Blakeslee (corresponding author) (2022). If You Encyst: Evidence
of parasite escape and host switching among three co-occurring crabs. MEPS. 697: 67-80.
55. Fowler, A.E., G.A. Loonam**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2022). Population genetics and demography of non-indigenous
populations of freshwater Japanese mystery snails in Virginia and Washington, D.C., USA. Aquatic Invasions.
54. Mott, A.W., S.A. Krueger-Hadfield, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2022). Native tube-building polychaete
prefers to anchor non-native algae over other macrophytes. Oecologia. 198: 967–980.
53. Fowler, A.E., G.A. Loonam**, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2022). Unraveling another mystery: parasite escape and host-
switching vary spatially in non-indigenous populations of Japanese mystery snails. Freshwater Biology. 67:
1316-1332.
52. Ro, H.J.**, A.E. Fowler, C.L. Wood, A.M.H. Blakeslee (corresponding author) (2022). Trematode parasites have
minimal effect on the behavior of invasive green crabs. Aquatic Invasions. 17: 238–258.
51. Bojko J, K.A. McCoy, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2022). ‘Candidatus Mellornella promiscua’ n. gen. n. sp.
(Alphaproteobacteria:Rickettsiales:Anaplasmataceae): An intracytoplasmic, hepatopancreatic, pathogen of the
flatback mud crab, Eurypanopeus depressus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 190: 107737.
50. Jennings, L.A., A.M.H. Blakeslee, K.A. McCoy, D.C. Behringer, J. Bojko (2021). Systematic revision of the
Eubrachyura and inclusion of three new Panopeidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) mitochondrial genomes.
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 569-585.
49. Blakeslee, A.M.H., D.L. Pochtar, A.E. Fowler, C.S. Moore*, T.S. Lee*, R.B. Barnard*, K.L. Swanson*, L.C. Lukas*, M.
Ruocchio**, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, C.K. Tepolt (2021) Invasion of the body snatchers: the role of
parasite introduction in host distribution and response to salinity in invaded estuaries. Proceedings of the Royal
Society Series B Biology. 288: 20210703. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0703
48. Blakeslee, A.M.H., A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, K. Johannesson, C. André, M. Panova (2021). Population structure and
phylogeography of two North Atlantic Littorina species with contrasting larval development. Marine Biology.
168: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-021-03918-8
47. Tobias, Z., A.E. Fowler, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.A. Darling, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, C.K. Tepolt (2021)
Invasion history shapes host transcriptomic response to a body-snatching parasite. Molecular Ecology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16038
46. Brothers, C.A. ** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (corresponding author) (2021). Alien vs predator play hide and seek: How
habitat complexity alters parasite mediated host survival. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 535:
151488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151488
45. Moore, C.S.*, R.K. Gittman, B.J. Puckett, E.H. Wellman, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2020). If you build it, they will come:
restoration timing and design influence free-living and parasite diversity in a restored tidal marsh. Food Webs 25:
e00167 (Special Issue on Restoration). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2020.e00167
44. Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Canning Clode, M. Repetto, G.M. Ruiz & A.W. Miller (2020). A bait box for all
seasons: temporal shifts in a vector’s propagule supply characteristics and implications for invasion ecology.
Marine Ecology Progress Series. 641:13-24. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13303
43. Hitchens, R.* & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2020). Trends in Illegal Wildlife Trade: Analyzing Personal Baggage Seizure
Data in the Pacific Northwest. PlosOne. 15: e0234197. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234197
42. Tepolt, C.K., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler, J.A. Darling, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz (2020). Strong genetic
structure in a widespread estuarine crab: A test of potential versus realized dispersal. Journal of Biogeography.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13919
41. Carlton, J.T., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2020). Accidental associates are not symbionts: the absence of a
non‑parasitic endosymbiotic community inside the common periwinkle Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Marine Biology. 167: 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03694-x
40. Blakeslee, A.M.H., M. Ruocchio**, C.S. Moore* & C.L. Keogh (2020). Altered susceptibility to trematode infection
in native versus introduced populations of the European green crab. Aquatic Invasions. 15: 177–195.
https://www.reabic.net/aquaticinvasions/2020/AI_2020_Blakeslee_etal.pdf
39. Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A. Bortolus, J. Dias, C.K. Tepolt, E. Schwindt (2020). Current research, pressing
issues, and lingering questions in marine invasion science: lessons from the Tenth International Conference on
Marine Bioinvasions (ICMB-X). Aquatic Invasions 15: 1–10. The special issue can be found at:
https://www.reabic.net/aquaticinvasions/2020/issue1.aspx
38. Blakeslee A.M.H., R.B. Barnard*, K. Matheson & C.H. McKenzie (2020). Host–switching among crabs: species
introduction results in a new target host for native parasites. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 636: 91–106.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13214
37. Blakeslee A.M.H., T. Manousaki, K. Vasileiadou, C.K. Tepolt (2020). An evolutionary perspective on marine
invasions. Evolutionary Applications 13: 479–485. SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW AND SYNTHESES.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12906. The special issue can be found at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17524571/2020/13/3
36. Blakeslee, A.M.H., L. Haram**, I. Altman, K. Maglies**, G.M. Ruiz, A.W. Miller (2020). Genetic bottlenecks and
species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications 13: 559-574. Special Issue on the
Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868
35. Tepolt, C.K., J.A. Darling, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler, M.E. Torchin, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz (2020). Recent
introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across a coevolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary
Applications 13: 545-558. Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865
34. Bojko J, K.A. McCoy, D.C. Behringer, A.M.H. Blakeslee (2019). Circular single-stranded DNA virus (Microviridae:
Gokushovirinae: Jodiemicrovirus) associated with the pathobiome of the flat-back mud crab, Eurypanopeus
depressus. Microbiol Resour Announc 8: e01026-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.01026-19
33. Krueger-Hadfield, S.A, A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.E. Fowler (2019). Incorporating ploidy diversity into ecological and
community genetics. Journal of Phycology. 55: 1198-1207. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12906
32. Moore, C.S.*, M.J. Ruocchio** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2018) Distribution and population structure in the naked goby
Gobiosoma bosc (Perciformes: Gobiidae) along a salinity gradient in two western Atlantic estuaries. PeerJ 6:e5380
https://peerj.com/articles/5380/
31. Lehnert, S.J., C. DiBacco, N.W. Jeffery, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Isaksson, J. Roman, B.F. Wringe, R.R.E. Stanley, K.
Matheson, C.H. McKenzie, L.C. Hamilton, I.R. Bradbury (2018) Temporal dynamics of a genetic cline of invasive
European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in eastern North America. Evolutionary Applications. 11: 1656-1670.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.1265.
30. Moritzen, L.C.**, M.S. Roy*, G.W. Smalley & A.M.H Blakeslee (2018). Distribution and tidal variation of
palaemonid shrimp in artificial and natural habitats. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 38: 295-301.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy017.
29. Blakeslee, A.M.H., Y. Kamakura, J. Onufrey***, W Makino, J. Urabe, S. Park, C.L. Keogh, A.W. Miller, M.S. Minton,
J.T. Carlton, O. Miura (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus
(De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164:47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
28. Blakeslee, A.M.H., A.E. Fowler, J.L. Couture, E.D. Grosholz, G.M. Ruiz & A.W. Miller (2016) Vector management
reduces marine organisms transferred with live saltwater bait. Management of Biological Invasions 7: 389-398.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2016.7.4.08
27. Byers, J.E., Z.C. Holmes** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2016) Consistency of trematode infection prevalence in host
populations across large spatial and temporal scales. Ecology 97: 1643–1649. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1440
26. Freeman, A.S., A. Frischeisen & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2016) Estuarine fouling communities are dominated by
nonindigenous species in the presence of an invasive crab. Biological Invasions 18: 1653–1665.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1108-3
25. Kroft, K.L.** & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2016) Comparison of parasite diversity in native panopeid mud crabs and the
invasive Asian shore crab in estuaries of northeast North America. Aquatic Invasions 11: 287-301.
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2016.11.3.07
24. Fowler, A.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J. Canning Clode, M. Repetto**, A. Phillip**, J.T. Carlton, F. Moser, G.M. Ruiz & A.W.
Miller (2016). Opening Pandora’s bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity
& Distributions 22: 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12376
23. Phelan, K., A.M.H. Blakeslee, M. Krause & J.D. Williams (2016). First documentation and molecular confirmation
of three trematode species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida:
Spionidae). Parasitology Research 115: 183-194. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4734-2.
22. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.L. Keogh, A.E. Fowler & B.D. Griffen (2015) Assessing the effects of trematode infection on
invasive green crabs in eastern North America. PLoS One 10(6): e0128674.
21. Darling, J.A., Y-H. E. Tsai, A.M.H. Blakeslee & J. Roman (2014) Are genes faster than crabs? Intraspecific
admixture facilitates expansion of mitochondrial genomes beyond an established population range limit. Royal
Society Open Science 1: 140202.
20. Blakeslee, A.M.H., A.E. Fowler & C.L. Keogh (2013) Marine invasions and parasite escape: updates and new
perspectives. Advances in Marine Biology 66: 87-169.
19. Freeman, A.S., A.M.H. Blakeslee & A.E. Fowler (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus
panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions 8: 347-353
18. Blakeslee, A.M.H., I. Altman, A.W. Miller, J.E. Byers, C.E. Hamer** & G.M. Ruiz (2012) Parasites and invasions: a
biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography 39:
609-622.
17. Pringle, J., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.E. Byers & J. Roman (2011) Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to
control population structure throughout a species’ range. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108:
15288-15293. Note: Featured in ScienceDaily (9/26/11) Location Matters: For Invasive Aquatic Species, It's
Better to Start Upstream by Beth Gavrilles (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926132018.htm)
16. Panova M., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.W. Miller, T. Mäkinen, G.M. Ruiz, K. Johannesson & C. André (2011) Survival of a
North Atlantic marine snail in multiple glacial refugia—implications for phylogeographic patterns. PLOS One
6(3): e17511.
15. Simberloff D. et al. (2011) Non-natives: 141 scientists object. Nature 475: 36.
14. Chang, A.L., A.M.H. Blakeslee, A.W. Miller & G.M. Ruiz (2011) Why do invasions fail? A case history of Littorina
littorea in California, USA. PLOS One. 6(1): e16035.
13. Blakeslee, A.M.H., J. Canning-Clode, E.M. Lind & G. Quilez-Badia (2011) Biological invasions in the 21st century:
Ecological impacts, predictions, and management across land and sea. Environmental Research 111: 891-892
12. Altman, I., A.M.H. Blakeslee, G.C. Osio, C. Rillahan, S. Teck, J.J. Meyers, J.E. Byers & A.A. Rosenberg (2011) A
practical approach to guide the implementation of ecosystem-based management using the Gulf of Maine
marine ecosystem as a case study. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 183-189. Note: Featured on the April
2011 cover: http://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/issue/10.1002/fee.2011.9.issue-3/ ).
11. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.H. McKenzie, J.A. Darling, J.E. Byers, J.M. Pringle & J. Roman (2010) A hitchhiker’s guide to
the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of an invasive marine crab to
Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions 16: 879–891.
10. Blakeslee, A.M.H., C.L. Keogh**, J.E. Byers, A.M. Kuris, K.D. Lafferty & M.E. Torchin (2009). Differential escape
from parasites by two competing introduced crabs. MEPS 393: 83–96.
9. Brawley, S.H., J.A. Coyer, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.L. Olsen, G. Hoarau, L.E. Johnson, J.E. Byers & W.T. Stam (2009)
Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade
and emigration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 8239-8244. Note: Featured in the New York
Times (5/9/09) Retracing the Journey of Two Invasive Species by H. Fountain
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05obweed.html).
8. Blakeslee, A.M.H., J.E. Byers & M.P. Lesser (2008) Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics:
the resolution of Littorina littorea’s North American origin. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696.
7. Blakeslee, A.M.H. & J.E. Byers (2008) Using parasites to inform ecological history: comparisons among three
congeneric marine snails. Ecology 89: 1068-1078.
6. Byers, J.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, E. Linder, A. Cooper & T. Maguire** (2008) Controls of spatial variation in the
abundance of marine trematode parasites. Ecology 89: 439-51.
5. Chapman, J.W., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.T. Carlton & M.R. Bellinger (2008) Parsimony dictates a human introduction:
On the use of genetic (and other) data to distinguish between the natural and human-mediated invasion of
Littorina littorea in North America. Biological Invasions 10: 131-133.
4. Pederson, J.A. & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2008) Fifth international conference on marine bioinvasions: introduction.
ICES Journal of Marine Science 65: 713-715.
3. Wares, J.P. & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2007) AFLP data provide poor resolution to the Littorina littorea puzzle. Marine
Biology Research 3: 168-174.
2. Chapman, J.W., J.T. Carlton, M.R. Bellinger & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2007). Premature refutation of a human-mediated
marine species introduction: the case history of the marine snail, Littorina littorea, in the Northwestern Atlantic.
Biological Invasions 9: 737-750.
1. Wood, C.L.**, J.E. Byers, K.L. Cottingham, I. Altman, M. Donahue & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2007) Parasites alter
community structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 9335-9339. Note: Featured in Science
Daily (5/15/07) Parasites' Impact Goes Beyond Host To Affect Ecosystem .
BOOKS
The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases (in press). Edited by: J.E. Byers, A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.P.
Wares. Oxford University Press.
Parasites and Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen Interactions. (2023).
Edited by: J. Bojko, A.M. Dunn & A.M.H. Blakeslee. CABI Press.
https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/book/10.1079/9781789248135.0000
BOOK CHAPTERS (n=9)
Byers, J.E., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.P. Wares. The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases: Introduction
(in press). In: The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases. Oxford University Press.
Wares, J.P., A.M.H. Blakeslee, J.E. Byers. The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases: Conclusions (in
press). In: The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases. Oxford University Press.
Fowler, A.E., K. Lohan, M.E. Torchin, A.M.H. Blakeslee (in press). Introduced marine parasites: a latitudinal
perspective. In: The Ecology and Evolution of Marine Parasites and Diseases. Oxford University Press.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. & C.S. Moore (2023). Chapter 4: Parasites Inform Host Invasion History. In: Parasites and
Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen Interactions. CABI Press.
Dunn, A.M., A.M.H. Blakeslee & J. Bojko (2023). Chapter 1: Parasites in Biological Invasions: an Introduction. In:
Parasites and Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen Interactions. CABI Press.
Bojko, J., A.M. Dunn & A.M.H. Blakeslee (2023) Chapter 10: Parasites and Biological Invasions: Conclusions and
Future Perspectives. In: Parasites and Biological Invasions: Epidemiological Dynamics, Impacts, and Host-Pathogen
Interactions. CABI Press.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2016). Parasites and Genetics in Marine Invertebrate Introductions: Signatures of Diversity
Declines across Systems. In: Biological Invasions in Changing Ecosystems: Vectors, Ecological Impacts, Management
and Predictions (Ed. J. Canning Clode). De Gruyter Open (Warsaw, Poland). pp 138-182. (Invited Book Chapter).
Blakeslee, A.M.H. & A.E. Fowler (2012) Aquatic introductions and genetic founder effects: how do parasites
compare to hosts? Genetic Diversity I: 315-336.
Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2007) Native or Invasive? The case history of the marine snail, Littorina littorea, in northeast
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