Overview of Research Interests: The Blakeslee lab focuses on conservation biology in marine systems and includes a diverse research program involving biodiversity, population genetics, parasite ecology, and biogeography—as well as the unique and integrative insight that can be gained from studying biological invasions. Recently, biological invasions have become recognized as a major contributor to the global (and often disjunct) distributions of many marine species as a result of human transport mechanisms. Invasion research is therefore important not only from a conservation perspective but can provide theoretical and practical understanding of population and community level influences of novel species, and can also serve as an important teaching tool for students and the general public. Marine invasions are a major part of human-induced global change, including population, community, and ecosystem-level shifts in marine biota, genetics, and the environment. We examine many integrative aspects of marine invasions, focusing in four major areas: (1) global distribution patterns and biogeography of free-living and parasite species, (2) marine invasions and vectors, (3) population genetics and population ecology in native and non-native populations, and (4) community ecology and host-parasite interactions of native and non-native organisms, including host behavior, physiology, and genetics. We focus our studies primarily on marine invertebrates as they have contributed vast numbers of introductions globally, and they also serve as hosts to marine parasites, which are a fundamental but often overlooked component of many marine systems, and which can become cryptic invaders themselves.
(1) Global Distribution Patterns and Biogeography: Due to centuries of human-mediated dispersal superimposed upon millions of years of natural dispersal, many organisms have complex biogeographic patterns. Species may clearly occupy natural ranges, be introduced to new regions, or have ambiguous (cryptogenic) histories. Distinguishing among them can be challenging, requiring multiple lines of evidence. My research has employed genetics, demographics, and parasites as tools to better understand biogeographic and phylogeographic patterns of species with natural, ambiguous, or non-native ecological histories.
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Haram L, Altman I, Kennedy K, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2019). Genetic bottlenecks and species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868 (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions).
Tepolt CK, Darling JA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2019). Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across a coevolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary Applications. (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions). https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865
Blakeslee AMH, Kamakukra Y, Onufrey J, Makino W, Urabe J, Park S, Keogh CL, Miller AW, Minton MS, Carlton JT, Miura O (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164: 47. doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Canning Clode J, Repetto MF, Phillip AM, Carlton JT, Moser FC, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions. 22: 30-42. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12376/abstract;jsessionid=BCB1170F7FA3560A777D8F7E7A271FDC.f01t01
Blakeslee AMH (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). http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110438666/9783110438666-012/9783110438666-012.xml
Darling JA, Tsai YHE, Blakeslee AMH, Roman J (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. PDF: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/1/2/140202.full.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Keogh CL (2013) Marine invasions and parasite escape: updates and new perspectives. Advances in Marine Biology. 66: 87-169. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEUlkzZy1vOHM1dGc/edit?usp=sharing (Chapter 2 -- begins on page 107).
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2012). Aquatic introductions and genetic founder effects: how do parasites compare to hosts? In: Genetic Diversity I (M. Caliskan, ed.). InTech. Pages 315-336. PDF: http://www.intechopen.com/source/pdfs/29267/InTech-Aquatic_introductions_and_genetic_founder_effects_how_do_parasites_compare_to_hosts_.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Altman I, Miller AW, Byers JE, Hamer CE, Ruiz GM (2012) Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 609-622. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEdU1xd3hYNEw2RkE/edit?usp=sharing
Pringle JM, Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Roman J (2011) Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to control population structure throughout a species' range. PNAS 108: 15288-15293. Note: This publication was featured on ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926132018.htm.
Panova M, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Makinen T, Ruiz GM, Johannesson K, Andre C (2011) Survival of a North Atlantic marine snail in multiple glacial refugia--implications for phylogeographic patterns. PLoS ONE. 6(3): e17511. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017511
Chang AL, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2011) Establishment failure in biological invasions: A case history of Littorina littorea in California, USA. PLoS ONE.. 6(1): e16035. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016035
Blakeslee AMH, McKenize CH, Darling JA, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Roman J (2010) A hitchiker's guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of a marine crab to Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 879-891. PDF: Blakesleeetal2010.pdf
Altman I, Blakeslee AMH, Osio GC, Rillahan C, Teck S, Meyers JJ, Byers JE, Rosenberg AA (2010) A practical approach to guide the implementation ofecosystem-based management using the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem as a case study. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. PDF: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/080186
Blakeslee AMH, Keogh C, Byers J, Kuris A, Lafferty K, Torchin M (2009) Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 393: 83-96. PDF: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v393/p83-96/
Brawley SH, Coyer JA, Blakeslee AMH, Olsen JL, Hoarau G, Johnson LE, Byers JE, Stam WT (2009) Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade and emigration. PNAS. 106: 8239-8244. PDF: Brawleyetal2009.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Lesser ME (2008) Resolving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696. PDF: Blakesleeetal.2008.pdf; erratum: Blakesleeetal2008erratum.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE (2008) Using parasites to inform ecological history: comparisons among three congeneric marine snails. Ecology 89: 1068-1078. PDF: BlakesleeByers2008.pdf
Byers JE, Blakeslee AMH, Linder E, Cooper A, Maguire T (2008) Controls of spatial variation in the abundance of marine trematode parasites. Ecology 89: 439-51. PDF: Byers-etal-2008-Ecology.pdf
Chapman JW, Blakeslee AMH, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR (2008) Parsimony dictates a human introduction: On the use of genetic (and other) data to distinguish between the natural and human-mediated invasion of the European snail Littorina littorea in North America. Biological Invasions 10: 131-133. PDF: Chapmanetal2008.pdf
Blakeslee AMH (2008) "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.
Wares JP, Blakeslee AMH (2007) AFLP data provide poor resolution to the Littorina littorea puzzle. Marine Biology Research 3: 168-174. PDF: WaresBlakeslee2007.pdf
Chapman JW, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR, Blakeslee AMH (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. PDF: Chapman_et_al_2007.pdf
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Haram L, Altman I, Kennedy K, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2019). Genetic bottlenecks and species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868 (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions).
Tepolt CK, Darling JA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2019). Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across a coevolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary Applications. (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions). https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865
Blakeslee AMH, Kamakukra Y, Onufrey J, Makino W, Urabe J, Park S, Keogh CL, Miller AW, Minton MS, Carlton JT, Miura O (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164: 47. doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Canning Clode J, Repetto MF, Phillip AM, Carlton JT, Moser FC, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions. 22: 30-42. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12376/abstract;jsessionid=BCB1170F7FA3560A777D8F7E7A271FDC.f01t01
Blakeslee AMH (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). http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110438666/9783110438666-012/9783110438666-012.xml
Darling JA, Tsai YHE, Blakeslee AMH, Roman J (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. PDF: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/1/2/140202.full.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Keogh CL (2013) Marine invasions and parasite escape: updates and new perspectives. Advances in Marine Biology. 66: 87-169. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEUlkzZy1vOHM1dGc/edit?usp=sharing (Chapter 2 -- begins on page 107).
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2012). Aquatic introductions and genetic founder effects: how do parasites compare to hosts? In: Genetic Diversity I (M. Caliskan, ed.). InTech. Pages 315-336. PDF: http://www.intechopen.com/source/pdfs/29267/InTech-Aquatic_introductions_and_genetic_founder_effects_how_do_parasites_compare_to_hosts_.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Altman I, Miller AW, Byers JE, Hamer CE, Ruiz GM (2012) Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 609-622. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEdU1xd3hYNEw2RkE/edit?usp=sharing
Pringle JM, Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Roman J (2011) Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to control population structure throughout a species' range. PNAS 108: 15288-15293. Note: This publication was featured on ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926132018.htm.
Panova M, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Makinen T, Ruiz GM, Johannesson K, Andre C (2011) Survival of a North Atlantic marine snail in multiple glacial refugia--implications for phylogeographic patterns. PLoS ONE. 6(3): e17511. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017511
Chang AL, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2011) Establishment failure in biological invasions: A case history of Littorina littorea in California, USA. PLoS ONE.. 6(1): e16035. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016035
Blakeslee AMH, McKenize CH, Darling JA, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Roman J (2010) A hitchiker's guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of a marine crab to Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 879-891. PDF: Blakesleeetal2010.pdf
Altman I, Blakeslee AMH, Osio GC, Rillahan C, Teck S, Meyers JJ, Byers JE, Rosenberg AA (2010) A practical approach to guide the implementation ofecosystem-based management using the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem as a case study. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. PDF: http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/080186
Blakeslee AMH, Keogh C, Byers J, Kuris A, Lafferty K, Torchin M (2009) Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 393: 83-96. PDF: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v393/p83-96/
Brawley SH, Coyer JA, Blakeslee AMH, Olsen JL, Hoarau G, Johnson LE, Byers JE, Stam WT (2009) Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade and emigration. PNAS. 106: 8239-8244. PDF: Brawleyetal2009.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Lesser ME (2008) Resolving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696. PDF: Blakesleeetal.2008.pdf; erratum: Blakesleeetal2008erratum.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE (2008) Using parasites to inform ecological history: comparisons among three congeneric marine snails. Ecology 89: 1068-1078. PDF: BlakesleeByers2008.pdf
Byers JE, Blakeslee AMH, Linder E, Cooper A, Maguire T (2008) Controls of spatial variation in the abundance of marine trematode parasites. Ecology 89: 439-51. PDF: Byers-etal-2008-Ecology.pdf
Chapman JW, Blakeslee AMH, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR (2008) Parsimony dictates a human introduction: On the use of genetic (and other) data to distinguish between the natural and human-mediated invasion of the European snail Littorina littorea in North America. Biological Invasions 10: 131-133. PDF: Chapmanetal2008.pdf
Blakeslee AMH (2008) "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.
Wares JP, Blakeslee AMH (2007) AFLP data provide poor resolution to the Littorina littorea puzzle. Marine Biology Research 3: 168-174. PDF: WaresBlakeslee2007.pdf
Chapman JW, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR, Blakeslee AMH (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. PDF: Chapman_et_al_2007.pdf
(2) Marine Invasions and Vectors: Not only have we investigated marine invasions from a biogeographic perspective, but we are also interested in understanding it from the population and community-level perspectives, as well as better understanding the marine introduction vectors that transport organisms from place to place.
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Kamakukra Y, Onufrey J, Makino W, Urabe J, Park S, Keogh CL, Miller AW, Minton MS, Carlton JT, Miura O (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164: 47. doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Couture JL, Grosholz ED, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Vector management reduces marine organisms transferred with live saltwater bait. Management of Biological Invasions 7: 389-398. http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2016/4/MBI_2016_Blakeslee_etal.pdf
Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Canning Clode J, Repetto MF, Phillip AM, Carlton JT, Moser FC, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions. 22: 30-42. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12376/abstract;jsessionid=BCB1170F7FA3560A777D8F7E7A271FDC.f01t01
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Altman I, Miller AW, Byers JE, Hamer CE, Ruiz GM (2012) Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 609-622. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEdU1xd3hYNEw2RkE/edit?usp=sharing
Blakeslee AMH, Canning-Clode J, Lind EM, Quilez-Badia G (2011) Biological invasions in the 21st century: Ecological impacts, predications, and management across land and sea. Environmental Research 111: 891-892
Chang AL, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2011) Establishment failure in biological invasions: A case history of Littorina littorea in California, USA. PLoS ONE.. 6(1): e16035. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016035
Blakeslee AMH, McKenize CH, Darling JA, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Roman J (2010) A hitchiker's guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of a marine crab to Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 879-891. PDF: Blakesleeetal2010.pdf
Blakeslee AMH (2008) "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.
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Kamakukra Y, Onufrey J, Makino W, Urabe J, Park S, Keogh CL, Miller AW, Minton MS, Carlton JT, Miura O (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164: 47. doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Couture JL, Grosholz ED, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Vector management reduces marine organisms transferred with live saltwater bait. Management of Biological Invasions 7: 389-398. http://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2016/4/MBI_2016_Blakeslee_etal.pdf
Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Canning Clode J, Repetto MF, Phillip AM, Carlton JT, Moser FC, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions. 22: 30-42. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12376/abstract;jsessionid=BCB1170F7FA3560A777D8F7E7A271FDC.f01t01
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Altman I, Miller AW, Byers JE, Hamer CE, Ruiz GM (2012) Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 609-622. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEdU1xd3hYNEw2RkE/edit?usp=sharing
Blakeslee AMH, Canning-Clode J, Lind EM, Quilez-Badia G (2011) Biological invasions in the 21st century: Ecological impacts, predications, and management across land and sea. Environmental Research 111: 891-892
Chang AL, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2011) Establishment failure in biological invasions: A case history of Littorina littorea in California, USA. PLoS ONE.. 6(1): e16035. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016035
Blakeslee AMH, McKenize CH, Darling JA, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Roman J (2010) A hitchiker's guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of a marine crab to Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 879-891. PDF: Blakesleeetal2010.pdf
Blakeslee AMH (2008) "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.
(3) Population Genetics and Population Ecology: Population genetics can be used as a tool to understand invasions, but also to reveal potential impact of an invader in novel regions. My lab has explored population genetics of invading hosts and parasites in several temperate systems. We have also investigated demographic patterns associated with marine and estuarine organisms, often associated with species invasions.
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Haram L, Altman I, Kennedy K, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2019). Genetic bottlenecks and species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868 (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions).
Krueger-Hadfield SA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2019). Incorporating ploidy diversity into ecological and
community genetics. Journal of Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12906
Moore CS, Ruocchio MJ, Blakeslee AMH (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://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5380
Moritzen LC, Roy M, Smalley GW, Blakeslee AMH (2018). Distribution and tidal variation of palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in artificial and natural habitats. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy017
Lehnert SJ, DiBacco C, Jeffery NW, Blakeslee AMH, Isaksson J, Roman J, Wringe BF, Stanley RRE, Matheson K,
McKenzie CH, Hamilton LC, Bradbury IR (2018) Temporal dynamics of a genetic cline of invasive European green
crab (Carcinus maenas) in eastern North America. Evolutionary Applications. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12657
Blakeslee AMH, Kamakukra Y, Onufrey J, Makino W, Urabe J, Park S, Keogh CL, Miller AW, Minton MS, Carlton JT, Miura O (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164: 47. doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
Blakeslee AMH (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). http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110438666/9783110438666-012/9783110438666-012.xml
Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Canning Clode J, Repetto MF, Phillip AM, Carlton JT, Moser FC, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions. 22: 30-42. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12376/abstract;jsessionid=BCB1170F7FA3560A777D8F7E7A271FDC.f01t01
Darling JA, Tsai YHE, Blakeslee AMH, Roman J (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. PDF: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/1/2/140202.full.pdf
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Pringle JM, Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Roman J (2011) Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to control population structure throughout a species' range. PNAS 108: 15288-15293. Note: This publication was featured on ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926132018.htm.
Panova M, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Makinen T, Ruiz GM, Johannesson K, Andre C (2011) Survival of a North Atlantic marine snail in multiple glacial refugia--implications for phylogeographic patterns. PLoS ONE. 6(3): e17511. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017511
Chang AL, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2011) Establishment failure in biological invasions: A case history of Littorina littorea in California, USA. PLoS ONE.. 6(1): e16035. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016035
Blakeslee AMH, McKenize CH, Darling JA, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Roman J (2010) A hitchiker's guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of a marine crab to Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 879-891. PDF: Blakesleeetal2010.pdf
Brawley SH, Coyer JA, Blakeslee AMH, Olsen JL, Hoarau G, Johnson LE, Byers JE, Stam WT (2009) Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade and emigration. PNAS. 106: 8239-8244. PDF: Brawleyetal2009.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Lesser ME (2008) Resolving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696. PDF: Blakesleeetal.2008.pdf; erratum: Blakesleeetal2008erratum.pdf
Chapman JW, Blakeslee AMH, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR (2008) Parsimony dictates a human introduction: On the use of genetic (and other) data to distinguish between the natural and human-mediated invasion of the European snail Littorina littorea in North America. Biological Invasions 10: 131-133. PDF: Chapmanetal2008.pdf
Blakeslee AMH (2008) "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.
Wares JP, Blakeslee AMH (2007) AFLP data provide poor resolution to the Littorina littorea puzzle. Marine Biology Research 3: 168-174. PDF: WaresBlakeslee2007.pdf
Chapman JW, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR, Blakeslee AMH (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. PDF: Chapman_et_al_2007.pdf
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Haram L, Altman I, Kennedy K, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2019). Genetic bottlenecks and species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868 (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions).
Krueger-Hadfield SA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2019). Incorporating ploidy diversity into ecological and
community genetics. Journal of Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12906
Moore CS, Ruocchio MJ, Blakeslee AMH (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://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5380
Moritzen LC, Roy M, Smalley GW, Blakeslee AMH (2018). Distribution and tidal variation of palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in artificial and natural habitats. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy017
Lehnert SJ, DiBacco C, Jeffery NW, Blakeslee AMH, Isaksson J, Roman J, Wringe BF, Stanley RRE, Matheson K,
McKenzie CH, Hamilton LC, Bradbury IR (2018) Temporal dynamics of a genetic cline of invasive European green
crab (Carcinus maenas) in eastern North America. Evolutionary Applications. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12657
Blakeslee AMH, Kamakukra Y, Onufrey J, Makino W, Urabe J, Park S, Keogh CL, Miller AW, Minton MS, Carlton JT, Miura O (2017) Reconstructing the Invasion History of the Asian shorecrab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan 1835) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biology 164: 47. doi:10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-017-3069-1
Blakeslee AMH (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). http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110438666/9783110438666-012/9783110438666-012.xml
Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Canning Clode J, Repetto MF, Phillip AM, Carlton JT, Moser FC, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2016) Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species. Diversity and Distributions. 22: 30-42. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ddi.12376/abstract;jsessionid=BCB1170F7FA3560A777D8F7E7A271FDC.f01t01
Darling JA, Tsai YHE, Blakeslee AMH, Roman J (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. PDF: http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/1/2/140202.full.pdf
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Pringle JM, Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Roman J (2011) Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to control population structure throughout a species' range. PNAS 108: 15288-15293. Note: This publication was featured on ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110926132018.htm.
Panova M, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Makinen T, Ruiz GM, Johannesson K, Andre C (2011) Survival of a North Atlantic marine snail in multiple glacial refugia--implications for phylogeographic patterns. PLoS ONE. 6(3): e17511. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017511
Chang AL, Blakeslee AMH, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2011) Establishment failure in biological invasions: A case history of Littorina littorea in California, USA. PLoS ONE.. 6(1): e16035. PDF: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016035
Blakeslee AMH, McKenize CH, Darling JA, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Roman J (2010) A hitchiker's guide to the Maritimes: anthropogenic transport facilitates long-distance dispersal of a marine crab to Newfoundland. Diversity and Distributions. 16: 879-891. PDF: Blakesleeetal2010.pdf
Brawley SH, Coyer JA, Blakeslee AMH, Olsen JL, Hoarau G, Johnson LE, Byers JE, Stam WT (2009) Historical invasions of the intertidal zone of Atlantic North America associated with distinctive patterns of trade and emigration. PNAS. 106: 8239-8244. PDF: Brawleyetal2009.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Lesser ME (2008) Resolving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696. PDF: Blakesleeetal.2008.pdf; erratum: Blakesleeetal2008erratum.pdf
Chapman JW, Blakeslee AMH, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR (2008) Parsimony dictates a human introduction: On the use of genetic (and other) data to distinguish between the natural and human-mediated invasion of the European snail Littorina littorea in North America. Biological Invasions 10: 131-133. PDF: Chapmanetal2008.pdf
Blakeslee AMH (2008) "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.
Wares JP, Blakeslee AMH (2007) AFLP data provide poor resolution to the Littorina littorea puzzle. Marine Biology Research 3: 168-174. PDF: WaresBlakeslee2007.pdf
Chapman JW, Carlton JT, Bellinger MR, Blakeslee AMH (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. PDF: Chapman_et_al_2007.pdf
(4) Community Ecology and Host-Parasite Interactions: Although parasites make up a large proportion of species abundance in many systems, they are often overlooked as a major contributor to population and community level dynamics. My lab is interested in better understanding the ecological, evolutionary, and environmental influences of parasites in native and introduced communities, as well as their distributions and interactions with hosts.
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Haram L, Altman I, Kennedy K, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2019). Genetic bottlenecks and species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868 (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions).
Tepolt CK, Darling JA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2019). Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across a coevolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary Applications. (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions). https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865
Moritzen LC, Roy M, Smalley GW, Blakeslee AMH (2018). Distribution and tidal variation of palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in artificial and natural habitats. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy017
Byers JE, Holmes ZC, Blakeslee AMH (2016) Consistency of trematode infection prevalence in host populations across large spatial and temporal scales. Ecology 97: 1643–1649. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.1440/full
Freeman AS, Frischeisen A, Blakeslee AMH (2016) Estuarine fouling communities are dominated by nonindigenous species in the presence of an invasive crab. Biological Invasions. 18: 1653–1665. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-016-1108-3
Kroft KL, Blakeslee AMH (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. http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2016/AI_2016_Kroft_Blakeslee.pdf
Phelan K, Blakeslee AMH, Krause M, Williams JD (2016) First documentation and molecular confirmation of three trematode species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae). Parasitol Res. 115: 183-194.
Blakeslee AMH (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). http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110438666/9783110438666-012/9783110438666-012.xml
Blakeslee AMH, Keogh CL, Fowler AE, Griffen BD (2015) Assessing the Effects of Trematode Infection on Invasive Green Crabs in Eastern North America. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128674. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128674.
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2012). Aquatic introductions and genetic founder effects: how do parasites compare to hosts? In: Genetic Diversity I (M. Caliskan, ed.). InTech. Pages 315-336. PDF: http://www.intechopen.com/source/pdfs/29267/InTech-Aquatic_introductions_and_genetic_founder_effects_how_do_parasites_compare_to_hosts_.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Altman I, Miller AW, Byers JE, Hamer CE, Ruiz GM (2012) Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 609-622. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEdU1xd3hYNEw2RkE/edit?usp=sharing
Blakeslee AMH, Keogh C, Byers J, Kuris A, Lafferty K, Torchin M (2009) Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 393: 83-96. PDF: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v393/p83-96/
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Lesser ME (2008) Resolving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696. PDF: Blakesleeetal.2008.pdf; erratum: Blakesleeetal2008erratum.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE (2008) Using parasites to inform ecological history: comparisons among three congeneric marine snails. Ecology 89: 1068-1078. PDF: BlakesleeByers2008.pdf
Byers JE, Blakeslee AMH, Linder E, Cooper A, Maguire T (2008) Controls of spatial variation in the abundance of marine trematode parasites. Ecology 89: 439-51. PDF: Byers-etal-2008-Ecology.pdf
Wood CL, Byers JE, Cottingham KL, Altman I, Donahue M, Blakeslee AMH (2007) Parasites alter community structure. PNAS 104: 9335-9339. PDF: Woodetal2007.pdf
The following are Blakeslee lab publications and book chapters related to this aspect of our research:
Blakeslee AMH, Haram L, Altman I, Kennedy K, Ruiz GM, Miller AW (2019). Genetic bottlenecks and species invasions: a host versus parasite perspective. Evolutionary Applications. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12868 (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions).
Tepolt CK, Darling JA, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2019). Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across a coevolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary Applications. (Special Issue on the Evolutionary Biology of Marine Invasions). https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12865
Moritzen LC, Roy M, Smalley GW, Blakeslee AMH (2018). Distribution and tidal variation of palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) in artificial and natural habitats. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy017
Byers JE, Holmes ZC, Blakeslee AMH (2016) Consistency of trematode infection prevalence in host populations across large spatial and temporal scales. Ecology 97: 1643–1649. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.1440/full
Freeman AS, Frischeisen A, Blakeslee AMH (2016) Estuarine fouling communities are dominated by nonindigenous species in the presence of an invasive crab. Biological Invasions. 18: 1653–1665. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10530-016-1108-3
Kroft KL, Blakeslee AMH (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. http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2016/AI_2016_Kroft_Blakeslee.pdf
Phelan K, Blakeslee AMH, Krause M, Williams JD (2016) First documentation and molecular confirmation of three trematode species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae). Parasitol Res. 115: 183-194.
Blakeslee AMH (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). http://www.degruyter.com/view/books/9783110438666/9783110438666-012/9783110438666-012.xml
Blakeslee AMH, Keogh CL, Fowler AE, Griffen BD (2015) Assessing the Effects of Trematode Infection on Invasive Green Crabs in Eastern North America. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128674. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0128674.
Freeman AS, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2013) Range expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic. Aquatic Invasions. 8: 347-353. PDF: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2013/AI_2013_3_Freeman_etal.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE (2012). Aquatic introductions and genetic founder effects: how do parasites compare to hosts? In: Genetic Diversity I (M. Caliskan, ed.). InTech. Pages 315-336. PDF: http://www.intechopen.com/source/pdfs/29267/InTech-Aquatic_introductions_and_genetic_founder_effects_how_do_parasites_compare_to_hosts_.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Altman I, Miller AW, Byers JE, Hamer CE, Ruiz GM (2012) Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges. Journal of Biogeography. 39: 609-622. PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5UvAwnxRjoEdU1xd3hYNEw2RkE/edit?usp=sharing
Blakeslee AMH, Keogh C, Byers J, Kuris A, Lafferty K, Torchin M (2009) Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 393: 83-96. PDF: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v393/p83-96/
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE, Lesser ME (2008) Resolving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite genetics. Molecular Ecology 17: 3684-3696. PDF: Blakesleeetal.2008.pdf; erratum: Blakesleeetal2008erratum.pdf
Blakeslee AMH, Byers JE (2008) Using parasites to inform ecological history: comparisons among three congeneric marine snails. Ecology 89: 1068-1078. PDF: BlakesleeByers2008.pdf
Byers JE, Blakeslee AMH, Linder E, Cooper A, Maguire T (2008) Controls of spatial variation in the abundance of marine trematode parasites. Ecology 89: 439-51. PDF: Byers-etal-2008-Ecology.pdf
Wood CL, Byers JE, Cottingham KL, Altman I, Donahue M, Blakeslee AMH (2007) Parasites alter community structure. PNAS 104: 9335-9339. PDF: Woodetal2007.pdf
