Publications

Tepolt CK. Thermal Biology. [book chapter] (In press) For: Ecophysiology of the green shore crab Carcinus maenas and closely related species. Ed: I McGaw & D Weihrauch. Elsevier.

 

Williams JD, Boyko CB, Tepolt CK, Blakeslee AMH. (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. The Journal of Crustacean Biology 43:ruac065 DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruac065

 

Reese TC, Alder J, Asay EG, Blakeslee AMH, Cabrera D, Crane L, Fletcher L, Pinkston E, Repetto M, Smith N, Stancil C, Tepolt CK, Toscano B, Griffen BD. (2023) Effects of season and latitude on the diet quality of the invasive Asian shore crab. Marine Ecology Progress Series 704:67-79 DOI: 10.3354/meps14231 

 

Griffen BD, Alder J, Anderson III, L, Asay EG, Blakeslee AMH, Bolander M, Cabrera D, Carver J, Crane L, DiNuzzo ER, Fletcher LS, Luckett J, Meidell M, Pinkston E, Reese TC, Repetto M, Smith N, Stancil C, Tepolt CK, Toscano BJ, Vernier A. (2022) Latitudinal and temporal variation in injury and its impacts in the invasive Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Scientific Reports 12:16557 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21119-1

 

Tepolt CK, Grosholz ED, De Rivera C, Ruiz GM (2022) Balanced polymorphism fuels rapid selection in an invasive crab despite high gene flow and low genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology 31:55–69 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16143 Profiled in Molecular Ecology News and Views

 

Tobias ZJC, Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Darling JA, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM, Tepolt CK. (2021) Invasion history shapes host transcriptomic response to a body-snatching parasite. Molecular Ecology 30:4321–4337 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16038

 

Blakeslee A, Pochtar D, Fowler A, Moore C, Lee T, Barnard R, Swanson K, Lukas L, Roucchio M, Miller AW, Ruiz G, Tepolt C. (2021) Invasion of the body snatchers: parasite introduction influences host distribution and response to salinity in invaded estuaries. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288:20210703. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0703

 

Grosholz E, Ashton G, Bradley M, Brown C, Ceballos-Osuna L, Chang A, , de Rivera C, Gonzalez J, Heineke M, Marraffini M, McCann L, Pollard E, Pritchard I, Ruiz G, Turner B, Tepolt C (2021) The Hydra effect, overcompensation, and the failure to eradicate an invasive predator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118:e2003955118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003955118

 

Tepolt CK, Palumbi SR (2020) Rapid adaptation to temperature via a potential genomic island of divergence in the invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:580701. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.580701

 

Tepolt CK, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Darling JA, Torchin ME, Miller AW, Ruiz GM (2020) Strong genetic structure in a widespread estuarine crab: A test of potential versus realized dispersal. Journal of Biogeography 00:1–11. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13919

 

Fowler AE, Blakeslee AMH, Bortolus A, Dias J, Tepolt CK, Schwindt E. (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. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2020.15.1.01
Introduction to the Aquatic Invasions Special Issue: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions

 

Tepolt CK, Blakeslee AMH, Fowler AE, Torchin M, Darling J, Miller W, Ruiz G (2020) Recent introductions reveal differential susceptibility to parasitism across an evolutionary mosaic. Evolutionary Applications 13:545–558. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12865

 

Blakeslee AMH, Manousaki T, Vasileiadou K, Tepolt CK (2020) An evolutionary perspective on marine invasions. Evolutionary Applications 13:479–485. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12906

Introduction to the Evolutionary Applications Special Issue: An evolutionary perspective on marine bioinvasions: evolutionary history, adaptation, and species interactions

 

Coyle AF, Voss ER, Tepolt CK, Carlon DB. (2019) Mitochondrial genotype influences the response to cold stress in the European green crab Carcinus maenas. Journal of Experimental Biology. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.203521

 

Sherman CDH, Rollins LA, Miller AD, Richardson MF, Tepolt CK, Lotterhos KE (2016) What are we missing about marine invasions? Filling in the gaps with evolutionary genomics. Marine Biology 163: 198. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-016-2961-4

 

Tepolt CK, Palumbi SR (2015) Transcriptome sequencing reveals both neutral and adaptive divergence in a marine invader. Molecular Ecology 24: 4145–4158. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13294

 

Tepolt CK (2015) Adaptation in marine invasions: a genetic approach. Biological Invasions 17(3): 887-903. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0825-8
Invited review

 

Tepolt CK, Somero GN (2014) Master of all trades: thermal acclimation and adaptation of cardiac function in a broadly-distributed marine invasive species, the European green crab, Carcinus maenas. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1129-1138. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.093849
Featured in Nature Research Highlights and Inside JEB
Shortlist, 2014 JEB Outstanding Paper Prize

 

Vanderhoeven S, Brown CS, Tepolt CK, Tsutsui ND, Vanparys V, Atkinson S, Mahy G, Monty A (2010) Linking concepts in the ecology and evolution of invasive plants: network analysis shows what has been most studied and identifies knowledge gaps. Evolutionary Applications 3: 193-202. DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00116.x

 

Tepolt CK, Darling JA, Bagley MB, Geller JB, Blum MJ, Grosholz ED (2009) European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) in the northeastern Pacific: genetic evidence for high population connectivity and current-mediated expansion from a single introduced source population. Diversity and Distributions 15: 997–1009. DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00605.x

 

Darling JA, Bagley MJ, Roman J, Tepolt CK, Geller JB (2008) Genetic patterns across multiple introductions of the globally invasive crab genus Carcinus. Molecular Ecology 17(23): 4992-5007. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03978.x

 

Darling JA, Tepolt CK (2008) Highly sensitive detection of invasive shore crab (Carcinus maenas and Carcinus aestuarii) larvae in mixed plankton samples using polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (PCR-RFLP). Aquatic Invasions 3(2): 141-152. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2008.3.2.4

 

Tepolt CK, Blum MJ, Lee VA, Hanson ED (2007) Genetic analysis of the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) introduced to the North American Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33: 658-667. DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[658:GAOTCM]2.0.CO;2

 

Boessenkool S, Taylor S, Tepolt C, Komdeur J, Jamieson IG (2007) Large mainland populations of South Island robins retain greater genetic diversity than offshore island refuges. Conservation Genetics 8(3): 705-714. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9219-5

 

Tepolt CK, Bagley MJ, Geller JG, Blum MJ (2006) Characterization of microsatellite loci in the European green crab (Carcinus maenas). Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 343-345. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01226.x