Publications

Below you will find a list of publications written on research conducted during MAISRC projects. The publications are sorted by topic. 

Invasive Carp

• Whitty, J. M., Riesgraf, A. T., Zielinski, D. P., & Sorensen, P. W. (2022). Movements of a model fish, the common carp, through a generic mississippi river lock and dam demonstrate how fish swimming performance, behavior, and discharge‐driven flow‐fields determine fish passage rates in ways that can be predicted and modified using fish passage models. River Research and Applications, 38(4), 670–683. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3942
• Feely, J.R., (2020) . The Ability of a Cyclic Sound on Its Own, and When Coupled with an Air Curtain, to Block Ten Species of Fish Including Carp in a Laboratory Flume. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2020. 27998204.
• Dennis, C. & Sorensen, P. (2020). High-intensity light blocks Bighead Carp in labratory flume. Management of Biological Invasions 11.
• Gilmanov, A., Zielinski, D., Voller, V., & Sorensen, P. (2019). The Effect of Modifying a CFD-AB Approach on Fish Passage through a Model Hydraulic Dam. Water, 11(9), 1776. doi:10.3390/w11091776
• Finger, J. S., Riesgraf, A., Zielinski, D., & Sorensen, P. (2019). Monitoring upstream fish passage through a Mississippi River lock and dam reveals species differences in lock chamber usage and supported a fish passage model which described velocity-dependent passage through spillway gates. River Research and Applications, 1–11.
• Coulter, D. P., Wang, P., Coulter, A. A., Van Susteren, G. E., Eichmiller, J. J., Garvey, J. E., & Sorensen, P. W. (2019). Nonlinear relationship between Silver Carp density and their eDNA concentration in a large river. PloS One, 14(6), e0218823. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218823
• Zielinski, D. P., & Sorensen, P. W. (2017). Silver, bighead, and common carp orient to acoustic particle motion when avoiding a complex sound. Plos One, 12(6). Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180110
• Kokotovich, A. E., & Andow, D. A. (2017). Exploring tensions and conflicts in invasive species management: The case of Asian carp. Environmental Science & Policy, 69, 105–112. doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.12.016
• Claus, A. W., & Sorensen, P. W. (2017). Chemical cues which include amino acids mediate species-specific feeding behavior in invasive filter-feeding Bigheaded carps. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 43(4), 374–384. doi:10.1007/s10886-017-0833-0
• Ghosal, R., Xiong, P. X., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Invasive Bighead and Silver carps form different sized shoals that readily intermix. Plos One, 11(6). Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157174
• Hoover, J. J., Zielinski, D. P., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Swimming performance of adult bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) and silver carp H. molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 33(1). doi:10.1111/jai.13199
• Eichmiller, J. J., Hamilton, M. J., Staley, C., Sadowsky, M. J., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Environment shapes the fecal microbiome of invasive carp species. Microbiome,4(1). doi:10.1186/s40168-016-0190-1
• Ghosal, R., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Male-typical courtship, spawning behavior, and olfactory sensitivity are induced to different extents by androgens in the goldfish suggesting they are controlled by different neuroendocrine mechanisms. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 232, 160–173. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.04.028
• Zielinski, D. P., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Bubble curtain deflection screen diverts the movement of both Asian and Common Carp. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 36(2), 267–276. doi:10.1080/02755947.2015.1120834
• Hansen, A., Ghosal, R. W., Caprio, J., Claus, A. W., & Claus, P. W. (2014). Anatomical and physiological studies of bigheaded carps demonstrate that the epibranchial organ functions as a pharyngeal taste organ. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(21), 3945–3954. doi:10.1242/jeb.107870

Common carp

• Riesgraf, A., Finger, J., Zielinski, D., Dennis III, C., Whitty, J., & Sorensen, P. (2022). Evaluation of a broadband sound projected from the gates of a navigation lock in the Mississippi River shows it to be a weak deterrent for common carp and unable to block passage. Management of Biological Invasions, 13(1), 220–232. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2022.13.1.13
• Hundt, P. J., White, L. A., Craft, M. E., & Bajer, P. G. (2022). Social associations in common carp (Cyprinus carpio): Insights from induced feeding aggregations for targeted management strategies. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8666. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8666
• Larkin, D., Beck, M., & Przemyslaw, B. (2020). An invasive fish promotes invasive plants in Minnesota lakes. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13526
• Bajer, P., Hundt, P (2020) Tests in a semi-natural environment suggest that bait and switch strategy could be used to control invasive Common carp. Management of Biological Invasions, Volume 11.
• Bajer, P., Ghosal, R., Maselko, M., Smanski, M., Lechelt, J., Hansen, G., & Kornis, M. (2019). Biological control of invasive fish and aquatic invertebrates: a brief review with case studies. Management of Biological Invasions, 10.
• Poole, J., Bajer P. (2019). A small native predator reduces reproductive success of a large invasive fish as revealed by whole-lake experiments. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0214009. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214009
• Ghosal, R., Eichmiller, J. J., Witthuhn, B. A., & Sorensen, P. W. (2018). Attracting Common Carp to a bait site with food reveals strong positive relationships between fish density, feeding activity, environmental DNA, and sex pheromone release that could be used in invasive fish management. Ecology and Evolution, 8(13), 6714–6727. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4169
• Bajer, P. G., Beck, M. W., & Hundt, P. J. (2018). Effect of non-native versus native invaders on macrophyte richness: are carp and bullheads ecological proxies? Hydrobiologia, 817(1), 379–391. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3592-1
• Poole, J. R., Sauey, B. W., Amberg, J. J., & Bajer, P. G. (2018). Assessing the efficacy of corn-based bait containing antimycin-a to control common carp populations using laboratory and pond experiments. Biological Invasions, 20(7), 1809–1820. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1662-y
• Dauphinais, J. D., Miller, L. M., Swanson, R. G., & Sorensen, P. W. (2018). Source–sink dynamics explain the distribution and persistence of an invasive population of common carp across a model Midwestern watershed. Biological Invasions, 20(8), 1961–1976. doi:10.1007/s10530-018-1670-y
• Przemyslaw, B. (2017). A decade of common carp research and management in Minnesota. LakeLine, 43–48.
• Lechelt, J. D., Kocian, M. J., & Bajer, P. G. (2017). Low downstream dispersal of young-of-year common carp from marshes into lakes in the Upper Mississippi River region and its implications for integrated pest management strategies. Management of Biological Invasions, 8(4), 485–495. doi:10.3391/mbi.2017.8.4.03
• Lechelt, J. D., & Bajer, P. G. (2016). Elucidating the mechanism underlying the productivity-recruitment hypothesis in the invasive common carp. Aquatic Invasions, 11(4), 469–482. doi:10.3391/ai.2016.11.4.11
• Sorensen, P. W., & Johnson, N. S. (2016). Theory and application of semiochemicals in nuisance fish control. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 42(7), 698–715. doi:10.1007/s10886-016-0729-4
• Huser, B. J., Bajer, P. G., Chrizinski, C. J., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Effects of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on sediment mixing depth and mobile phosphorus mass in the active sediment layer of a shallow lake. Hydrobiologia, 763(1), 23–33. doi:10.1007/s10750-015-2356-4
• Chizinski, C., Bajer, P. G., Headrick, M. E., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Different migratory strategies of invasive Common Carp and native Northern Pike in the American midwest suggest an opportunity for selective management strategies. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 36(4), 769–779. doi:10.1080/02755947.2016.1167141
• Eichmiller, J. J., Best, S. E., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Effects of temperature and trophic state on degradation of environmental DNA in lake water. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(4), 1859–1867. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b05672
• Lechelt, J. D., & Bajer, P. G. (2016). Modeling the potential for managing invasive common carp in temperate lakes by targeting their winter aggregations. Biological Invasions, 18(3), 831–839. doi:10.1007/s10530-016-1054-0
• Eichmiller, J. J., Miller, L. M., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Optimizing techniques to capture and extract environmental DNA for detection and quantification of fish. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16(1), 56–68. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.1242
• Bajer, P. G., Beck, M. W., Cross, T. K., Koch, J. D., Bartodziej, W. M., & Sorensen, P. W. (2016). Biological invasion by a benthivorous fish reduced the cover and species richness of aquatic plants in most lakes of a large North American ecoregion. Global Change Biology, 22(12), 3937–3947. doi:10.1111/gcb.13377
• Bajer, P. G., Parker, J. E., Cross, T. K., Venturelli, P. A., & Sorensen, P. W. (2015). Partial migration to seasonally‐unstable habitat facilitates biological invasions in a predator‐dominated system. Oikos, 124(11). doi:10.1111/oik.01795
• Bajer, P. G., Cross, T. K., Lechelt, J. D., Chizinski, C. J., Weber, M. J., & Sorensen, P. W. (2015). Across‐ecoregion analysis suggests a hierarchy of ecological filters that regulate recruitment of a globally invasive fish. Diversity and Distributions, 21(5), 500–510.
• Zielinski, D. P., & Sorensen, P. W. (2015). Field test of a bubble curtain deterrent system for common carp. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 22(2), 113–184. doi:10.1111/fme.12108
• Bajer, P. G., & Sorensen, P. W. (2014). Effects of common carp on phosphorus concentrations, water clarity, and vegetation density: a whole system experiment in a thermally stratified lake. Hydrobiologia, 746(1), 303-311. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1937-y
• Zielinski, D. P., Voller, V. R., Svendsen, J. C., Hondzo, M. M., Mensinger, A. F., & Sorensen, P. W. (2014). Laboratory experiments demonstrate that bubble curtains can effectively inhibit movement of common carp. Ecological Engineering, 67, 95–103. doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.03.003
• Eichmiller, J. J., Bajer, P. G., & Sorensen, P. W. (2014). The relationship between the distribution of Common Carp and their environmental DNA in a small lake. PLoS One, 9(11), e112611. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112611. DOI:10.1111/ddi.12315

Crosscutting

• McEachran, M.C., Hofelich Mohr, A., Lindsay, T., Fulton, D.C. and Phelps, N.B.D. (2022), Patterns of Live Baitfish Use and Release among Recreational Anglers in a Regulated Landscape. North Am J Fish Manage, 42: 295-306. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10747
• Casas-Mollano JA, Zinselmeier MH, Erickson SE, Smanski MJ. CRISPR-Cas Activators for Engineering Gene Expression in Higher Eukaryotes. CRISPR J. 2020;3(5):350-364. doi:10.1089/crispr.2020.0064
• Kanakege, K., Phelps, N., Vesterinen, H., Errecaborde, K., Alvarez, J., Bender, J., Wells, S., Perez, A. (2020) Lessons Learned From the Stakeholder Engagement in Research: Application of Spatial Analytical Tools in One Health Problems. Front. Vet. Sci., 13 May 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00254
• Larkin, D. J., Weber, M. M., Galatowitsch, S. M., Gupta, A. S., & Rager, A. R. (2018). Flipping the classroom to train citizen scientists in invasive species detection and response. Journal of Extension, 56(5), 5TOT1. Retrieved from https://joe.org/joe/2018september/tt1.php
• Havel, J. E., Thomaz, S. M., Kats, L. B., Kovalenko, K. E., & Santos, L. N. (2018). Invasive Species II. Hydrobiologia, 817(1), 1–9. doi:10.1007/s10750-018-3635-7
• Kanankege, K. S. T., Alkhamis, M. A., Perez, A. M., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2018). Zebra mussels and Eurasian watermilfoil reporting patterns in Minnesota. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44(3), 458–466. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2018.02.008
• Kanankege, K. S. T., Alkhamis, M. A., Phelps, N. B. D., & Perez, A. M. (2018). A probability co-kriging model to account for reporting bias and recognize areas at high risk for zebra mussels and Eurasian watermilfoil invasions in Minnesota. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(JAN), 231. doi:10.3389/fvets.2017.00231
• Escobar, L. E., Mallez, S., McCartney, M., Lee, C., Zielinski, D. P., Ghosal, R., … Phelps, N. B. D. (2017). Aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes region: An overview. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture, 26(1), 121–138. doi:10.1080/23308249.2017.1363715
• Qiao, H., Peterson, A. T., Campbell, L. P., Soberon, J., Ji, L., & Escobar, L. E. (2015). NicheA: creating virtual species and ecological niches in multivariate environmental scenarios. Ecography, 39(8). doi:10.1111/ecog.01961

Invasive plants

• Glisson, W., Contreras-Rangel, R., Bishop, W., & Larkin, D. (2022). Laboratory evaluation of copper-based algaecides for control of the invasive Macroalga Starry Stonewort (nitellopsis obtusa). Management of Biological Invasions, 13(2), 303–325. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2022.13.2.04
• Weber, M., Larkin, D., & Mulcahy, P. (2022). Creating informed consumers of aquatic invasive species management programs through online education for nonprofessionals. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 15(1), 41-48. doi:10.1017/inp.2022.10
• Wesley J. Glisson, Ranjan Muthukrishnan, Carli K. Wagner and Daniel J. Larkin, Invasive Nitellopsis obtusa (starry stonewort) has distinct late-season phenology compared to native and other invasive macrophytes in Minnesota, USA, Aquatic Botany, (2021) doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103452
• Glisson, Wesley, Larkin Daniel J. (2021). Hybrid watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum × Myriophyllum sibiricum) exhibits traits associated with greater invasiveness than its introduced and native parental taxa. Management of Biological Invasions. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02514-7
• Verhoeven, Michael R.; Glisson, Wesley J.; Larkin, Daniel J.. (2021). Complete Data and Analysis for: Niche models differentiate potential impacts of two aquatic invasive plant species on native macrophytes. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/cwqe-ge69.
• Verhoeven, Michael R.; Glisson, Wesley J.; Larkin, Daniel J. (2020). Niche Models Differentiate Potential Impats of Two Aquatic Invasive Plant Species on Native Macrophytes. Diversity 2020, 12, 162; doi:10.3390/d12040162
• Eltawely, J.A.; Newman, R.M.; Thum, R. A. (2020). Factors Influencing the Distribution of Invasive Hybrid (Myriophyllum Spicatum x M. Sibiricum) Watermilfoil and Parental Taxa in Minnesota. Diversity, 12(3), 120; doi:10.3390/d12030120
• Muthukrishnan, R, Larkin, D.J. (2020). Invasive species and biotic homogenization in temperate aquatic plant communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 00: 1– 12. DOI: 10.1111/geb.13053
• Glisson, W. J., C. K. Wagner, M. R. Verhoeven, R. Muthukrishnan, R. Contreras-Rangel, and D. J. Larkin. (2020). Desiccation tolerance of the invasive alga starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) as an indicator of overland spread risk. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 58:7–18.
• Glisson, W. J., M. R. Verhoeven, and D. J. Larkin. (2020). A new device for sampling submersed aquatic plants using underwater video. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management 58:76–82.
• Verhoeven, M., Larkin, D., & Newman, R. (2020). Constraining invader dominance: Effects of repeated herbicidal management and environmental factors on curlyleaf pondweed dynamics in 50 Minnesota lakes. Freshwater Biology, 2020;00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13468
• Dunne, M. A., & Newman, R. M. (2019). Effect of light on macrophyte sprouting and assessment of viable seedbank to predict community composition. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management, 57, 90-98. 
• Mathai, P., Dunn, H., Magnone, P., Zhang, Q., Ishii, S., Chun, C. L., & Sadowsky, M. (2018). Association between submerged aquatic vegetation and elevated levels of Escherichia coli and potential bacterial pathogens in freshwater lakes. Science of the Total Environment, 319–324.
• Escobar, L., Romero-Alvarez, D., Larkin, D., & Phelps, N. (2018). Network analysis to inform invasive species spread among lakes. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 1–5. DOI:10.1007/s00343-019-7208-z
• Mathai, P. P., Dunn, H. M., Magnone, P., Brown, C. M., Chun, C. L., & Sadowsky, M. J. (2018). Spatial and temporal characterization of epiphytic microbial communities associated with Eurasian watermilfoil: a highly invasive macrophyte in North America. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(12). doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy178.
• Knopik, J. M., & Newman, R. M. (2018). Transplanting aquatic macrophytes to restore the littoral community of a eutrophic lake after the removal of common carp. Lake and Reservoir Management, (In press). doi:10.1080/10402381.2018.1477885
• Glisson, W. J., Wagner, C. K., McComas, S. R., Farnum, K., Verhoeven, M. R., Muthukrishnan, R., & Larkin, D. J. (2018). Response of the invasive alga starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) to control efforts in a Minnesota lake. Lake and Reservoir Management, 34(4), 283–295. doi:10.1080/10402381.2018.1442893
• Muthukrishnan, R., Sleith, R. S., Karol, K. G., & Larkin, D. J. (2018). Prediction of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) invasion risk in upper Midwest (USA) lakes using ecological niche models. Aquatic Botany, 151, 43–50. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.08.001
• Larkin, D. J., Monfils, A. K., Boissezon, A., Sleith, R. S., Skawinski, P. M., Welling, C. H., … Karol, K. G. (2018). Biology, ecology, and management of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa; Characeae): A Red-listed Eurasian green alga invasive in North America. Aquatic Botany, 148, 15–24. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2018.04.003
• Muthukrishnan, R., Hansel-Welch, N., & Larkin, D. J. (2018). Environmental filtering and competitive exclusion drive biodiversity‐invasibility relationships in shallow lake plant communities. Journal of Ecology, 106(5). doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12963
• Romero-Alvarez, D., Escobar, L. E., Varela, S., Larkin, D. J., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2017). Forecasting distributions of an aquatic invasive species (Nitellopsis obtusa) under future climate scenarios. PLoS One, 12(7), e0180930. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180930
• Hunt, V. M., Fant, J. B., Steger, L., Hartzog, P. E., Lonsdorf, E. V., Jacobi, S. K., & Larkin, D. J. (2017). PhragNet: crowdsourcing to investigate ecology and management of invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) in North America. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 25(5), 607–618. doi:10.1007/s11273-017-9539-x
• Escobar, L. E., Qiao, H., Phelps, N. B. D., Wagner, C. K., & Larkin, D. J. (2016). Realized niche shift associated with the Eurasian charophyte Nitellopsis obtusa becoming invasive in North America. Scientific Reports, 6(29037). doi:10.1038/srep29037
• Fant, J. B., Price, A. L., & Larkin, D. J. (2016). The influence of habitat disturbance on genetic structure and reproductive strategies within stands of native and non‐native Phragmites australis (common reed). Diversity and Distribution, 22(12). doi:10.1111/ddi.12492
• Johnson, J. A., Jones, A. R., & Newman, R. M. (2012). Evaluation of lakewide, early season herbicide treatments for controlling invasive curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) in Minnesota lakes. Lake and Reservoir Management, 28(4), 346–363. doi:10.1080/07438141.2012.744782
• Jones, A. R., Johnson, J. A., & Newman, R. M. (2012). Effects of repeated, early season, herbicide treatments of curlyleaf pondweed on native macrophyte assemblages in Minnesota lakes. Lake and Reservoir Management, 28(4), 364–374. doi:10.1080/07438141.2012.74757
• Newman, R. M., & Inglis, A. W. (2009). Distribution and abundance of the Milfoil Weevil, Euhrychiopsis lecontei, in Lake Minnetonka and relation to Milfoil harvesting. Journal of Aquatic Plant Management, 47(1), 21–25. Retrieved from https://www.apms.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/v47p021_2009.pdf
• Marko, M. D., Gross, E. M., Newman, R. M., & Gleason, F. K. (2008). Chemical profile of the North American native Myriophyllum sibiricum compared to the invasive M. spicatum. Aquatic Botany, 88(1), 57–65. doi:10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.08.007

Pathogens and harmful microbes

• Tolo, I.E.; K. Padhi, S.; Hundt, P.J.; Bajer, P.G.; K. Mor, S.; Phelps, N.B.D. Host Range of Carp Edema Virus (CEV) during a Natural Mortality Event in a Minnesota Lake and Update of CEV Associated Mortality Events in the USA. Viruses 2021, 13, 400. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13030400
• McEachran MC, Mor SK, Phelps NBD (2021) Detection of pathogens and non-target species in the baitfish supply chain. Management of Biological Invasions 12 (in press) 2021.
• Tolo, Isaiah, Phelps, Nicholas. Carp Edema Virus host range study in Lake Swartout and outbreaks in four other lakes. Data Repository for U of M. 2021. https://doi.org/10.13020/2gcq-pt83
• Tolo IE, Padhi SK, Williams K, et al. Susceptibility of Pimephales promelas and Carassius auratus to a strain of koi herpesvirus isolated from wild Cyprinus carpio in North America. Scientific Reports. 2021 Jan;11(1):1985. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81477-0.
• McEachran, Meg, Sampedro, F., Travis, D.A., Phelps, Nicholas (2020). An expert‐based risk ranking framework for assessing potential pathogens in the live baitfish trade. Wiley Online Library https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13951
• Tolo, Isaiah (2020). KHV disease data from wild Cyprinus carpio from Lake Elysian (Le Seuer, MN) and cohabitation disease trial of Cyprinus carpio, Pimephales promelas and Carassius auratus. University of Minnesota Data Repository.
• Padhi, S., Tolo, I., McEachran, M., Primus, A., Mor, S., & Phelps, N. (2019). Koi herpesvirus and carp oedema virus: Infections and coinfections during mortality events of wild common carp in the United States. Journal of Fish Diseases, 42, 1609–1621.
• Tomamichel, M. M., Hodgins, N. C., Venturelli, P. A., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2018). The prevalence and potential fisheries consequences of Heterosporis sutherlandae in aMinnesota lake. PLoS One, 13(6), e0199580. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199580
• Escobar, L. E., Escobar-Dodero, J., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2018). Infectious disease in fish: global risk of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 28(3), 637–655. doi:10.1007/s11160-018-9524-3
• Escobar, L. E., Qiao, H., Lee, C., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2017). Novel methods in disease biogeography: A case study with Heterosporosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4(105). doi:10.3389/fvets.2017.00105
• Mor, S. K., Phelps, N. B. ., Ng, T. F. F., Subramanian, K., Primus, A., Armien, A. G., … Goyal, S. M. (2017). Genomic characterization of a novel calicivirus, FHMCV-2012, from baitfish in the USA. Archives of Virology, 162(12), 3619–3627. doi:10.1007/s00705-017-3519-6
• Mor, S. K., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2016). Molecular detection of a novel totivirus from golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) baitfish in the USA. Archives of Virology, 161(8), 2227–2234. doi:10.1007/s00705-016-2906-8
• Escobar, L. E., Kurath, G., Escobar-Dodero, J., Craft, M. E., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2016). Potential distribution of the Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia virus in the Great Lakes region. Journal of Fish Diseases, 40(1), 11–28. doi:10.1111/jfd.12490
• Mor, S. K., & Phelps, N. B. D. (2016). Detection and molecular characterization of a novel piscine-myocarditis-like virus from baitfish in the USA. Archives of Virology, 161(7), 1925–1931. doi:10.1007/s00705-016-2873-0
• Mor, S. K., Phelps, N. B. D., Barbknecht, M., Hoffman, M. A., & Goyal, S. M. (2015). A multiplex RT-PCR assay for the detection of fish picornaviruses. Journal of Virological Methods, 221, 131–134. doi:10.1016/j.jviromet.2015.04.025
• Phelps, N. B. D., Mor, S. K., Armien, A. G., Pelican, K. M., & Goyal, S. M. (2015). Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA. PLoS One, 10(8), e0132027. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132027
• Phelps, N. B. D., Craft, M. E., Travis, D., Pelican, K., & Goyal, S. M. (2014). Risk‐based management of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia virus in Minnesota. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 34(2), 373–379. doi:10.1080/02755947.2014.880766s
• Phelps, N. B. D., S. K. Mor, A. G. Armien, W. Batts, A. E. Goodwin, L. Hopper, R. McCann, T. F. F. Ng, C. Puzach, T. B. Waltzek, E. Delwart, J. Winton, S. Goyal. (2014). Characterization of the novel fathead minnow picornavirus. PLoS One 9:e87593.
• Phelps, N. B. D., Goodwin, A. E., Marecaux, E., & Goyal, S. M. (2013). Comparison of treatments to inactivate viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV-IVb) in frozen baitfish. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 102(3), 211–216. doi:10.3354/dao02549
• Phelps, N. B. D., Patnayak, D. P., Jiang, Y., & Goyal, S. M. (2012). The use of a one-step real-time Reverse transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (rRT-PCR) for the surveillance of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia cirus (VHSV) in Minnesota. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health, 24(4), 238–243. doi:10.1080/08997659.2012.711268

Invasive Invertebrates

• Weber, M. M., & Cibulka, D. (2022). Overwinter survival of Corbicula fluminea in a central Minnesota Lake. PLOS ONE, 17(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271402
• McCartney, M. A., Auch, B., Kono, T., Mallez, S., Zhang, Y., Obille, A., Becker, A., Abrahante, J. E., Garbe, J., Badalamenti, J. P., Herman, A., Mangelson, H., Liachko, I., Sullivan, S., Sone, E. D., Koren, S., Silverstein, K. A., Beckman, K. B., & Gohl, D. M. (2021). The genome of the zebra mussel, dreissena polymorpha: A resource for comparative genomics, invasion genetics, and Biocontrol. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab423
• Weber, Megan M; Cibulka, Daniel. (2021). Complete data for: Overwinter survival of Corbicula fluminea in a central Minnesota lake. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/225198.
• DeWeese, N.E., Favot, E.J., Branstrator, D.K. et al. Early presence of Bythotrephes cederströmii (Cladocera: Cercopagidae) in lake sediments in North America: evidence or artifact?. J Paleolimnol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-021-00213-w
• Donn K. Branstrator, Joshua D. Dumke, Valerie J. Brady & Holly A. Wellard Kelly (2021): Lines snag spines! A field test of recreational angling gear ensnarement of Bythotrephes, Lake and Reservoir Management, DOI: 10.1080/10402381.2021.1941447
• Mathai, Prince P., Bertram, Jonathan H., Padhi, Soumesh K., Sing, Vikash, Tolo, Isaiah E., Primus, Alexander, Mor, Sunil K., Phelps, Nicholas B.D., Sadowsky, Michael J. (2020) Influence of Environmental Stressors on the Microbiota of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Microbial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01642-2
• Hansen, G.J.A., Ahrenstorff, T.D., Bethke, B.J. et al. (2020). Walleye growth declines following zebra mussel and Bythotrephes invasion. Biological Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02198-5
• Mathai, P., Magnone, P., Dunn, H., & Sadowsky, M. (2019). Water and sediment act as reservoirs for microbial taxa associated with invasive dreissenid mussels. Science of the Total Environment, 1–7.
• Ferguson, J., McCartney, M., Blinick, N., Schroeder, L., & Fieberg, J. (2019). Using distance sampling to estimate densities of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in early-stage invasion. Freshwater Science, 38(4).
• McCartney, M., Mallez, S., & Gohl, D. (2019). Genome projects in invasion biology. Conservation Genetics, 1–22.
• McCartney, M. A., Auch, B., Kono, T., Mallez, S., Zhang, Y., Obille, A., … Gohl, D. M. (2019). The Genome of the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha: A Resource for Invasive Species Research. bioRxiv, 696732. doi:10.1101/696732
• Luoma, J. A., Severson, T. J., Barbour, M. T., & Wise, J. K. (2018). Effects of temperature and exposure duration on four potential rapid-response tools for zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) eradication. Management of Biological Invasions, 9 (in press).
• Mallez, S., & McCartney, M. (2018). Dispersal mechanisms for zebra mussels: population genetics supports clustered invasions over spread from hub lakes in Minnesota. Biological Invasions, 20(9), 2461–2484. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1714-3
• McCartney, M. A., & Mallez, S. (2018). The role of waterway connections and downstream drift of veliger larvae in the expanding invasion of inland lakes by zebra mussels in Minnesota, USA. Aquatic Invasions, 13(3), 393–408. Doi: 10.3391/ai.2018.13.3.07
• Lund, K., Cattoor, K. B., Fieldseth, E., Sweet, J., & McCartney, M. A. (2018). Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) eradication efforts in Christmas Lake, Minnesota. Lake and Reservoir Management, 34(1), 7–20. Doi: 10.1080/10402381.2017.1360417