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Parasites alter community structure by Wood, Chelsea L, Byers, James E, Cottingham, Kathryn L, Altman, Irit, Donahue, Megan J, Blakeslee, April M.H

“…Parasites often play an important role in modifying the physiology and behavior of their hosts and may, consequently, mediate the influence hosts have on other…”
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Asymmetric dispersal allows an upstream region to control population structure throughout a species’ range by Pringle, James M, Blakeslee, April M. H, Byers, James E, Roman, Joe

“…In a single well-mixed population, equally abundant neutral alleles are equally likely to persist. However, in spatially complex populations structured by an…”
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Consistency of trematode infection prevalence in host populations across large spatial and temporal scales by Byers, James E, Zachary C. Holmes, April M. H. Blakeslee

“…Parasites can impart heavy fitness costs on their hosts. Thus, understanding the spatial and temporal consistency in parasite pressure can elucidate the…”
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Estuarine fouling communities are dominated by nonindigenous species in the presence of an invasive crab by Freeman, Aaren S., Frischeisen, Alejandro, Blakeslee, April MH

“…Interactions between anthropogenic disturbances and introduced and native species can shift ecological communities, potentially leading to the successful…”
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Opening Pandora's bait box: a potent vector for biological invasions of live marine species by Fowler, Amy E, Blakeslee, April M. H, Canning‐Clode, João, Repetto, Michele F, Phillip, Anne M, Carlton, James T, Moser, Fredrika C, Ruiz, Gregory M, Miller, A. Whitman, MacIsaac, Hugh

“…AIM: For over 80 years, the Maine baitworm trade has shipped live polychaete worms and packing algae ‘wormweed’ to distributors world‐wide, while also…”
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Glacial history of the North Atlantic marine snail, Littorina saxatilis, inferred from distribution of mitochondrial DNA lineages by Panova, Marina, Blakeslee, April M H, Miller, A Whitman, Mäkinen, Tuuli, Ruiz, Gregory M, Johannesson, Kerstin, André, Carl

“…The North Atlantic intertidal gastropod, Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792), exhibits extreme morphological variation between and within geographic regions and…”
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Solving cryptogenic histories using host and parasite molecular genetics: the resolution of Littorina littorea's North American origin by BLAKESLEE, APRIL M.H, BYERS, JAMES E, LESSER, MICHAEL P

“…Even after decades of investigation using multiple sources of evidence, the natural histories of some species remain unclear (i.e. cryptogenic). A key example…”
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First documentation and molecular confirmation of three trematode species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae) by Phelan, Krystin, Blakeslee, April M. H., Krause, Maureen, Williams, Jason D.

“…Polychaete worms are hosts to a wide range of marine parasites; yet, studies on trematodes using these ecologically important species as intermediate hosts are…”
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Parasites and invasions: a biogeographic examination of parasites and hosts in native and introduced ranges by Blakeslee, April M. H., Altman, Irit, Miller, A. Whitman, Byers, James E., Hamer, Caitlin E., Ruiz, Gregory M.

“…Aim To use a comparative approach to understand parasite demographic patterns in native versus introduced populations, evaluating the potential roles of host…”
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Historical Invasions of the Intertidal Zone of Atlantic North America Associated with Distinctive Patterns of Trade and Emigration by Brawley, Susan H., Coyer, James A., Blakeslee, April M. H., Hoarau, Galice, Johnson, Ladd E., Byers, James E., Stam, Wytze T., Olsen, Jeanine L., Paine, Robert T.

“…Early invasions of the North American shore occurred mainly via deposition of ballast rock, which effectively transported pieces of the intertidal zone across…”
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Distribution and population structure in the naked goby Gobiosoma bosc (Perciformes: Gobiidae) along a salinity gradient in two western Atlantic estuaries by Moore, Christopher S, Ruocchio, Matthew J, Blakeslee, April M H

“…Many species of fish produce larvae that undergo a prolonged dispersal phase. However, evidence from a number of recent studies on demersal fishes suggests…”
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A practical approach to implementation of ecosystem-based management: a case study using the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem by Altman, Irit, Blakeslee, April MH, Osio, Giacomo C, Rillahan, Christopher B, Teck, Sarah J, Meyer, John J, Byers, James E, Rosenberg, Andrew A

“…The application of ecosystem-based management (EBM) in marine environments has been widely supported by scientists, managers, and policy makers, yet…”
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Northward expansion of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in the northwest Atlantic by Freeman, Aaren, Blakeslee, April, Fowler, Amy

“…This report describes the first occurrence of the rhizocephalan Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884) in North America, north of Virginia and the Chesapeake…”
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Differential escape from parasites by two competing introduced crabs by Blakeslee, April M. H., Keogh, Carolyn L., Byers, James E., Kuris, Armand M., Lafferty, Kevin D., Torchin, Mark E.

“…Although introduced species often interact with one another in their novel communities, the role of parasites in these interactions remains less clear. We…”
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Assessing the Effects of Trematode Infection on Invasive Green Crabs in Eastern North America: e0128674 by Blakeslee, April MH, Keogh, Carolyn L, Fowler, Amy E, Griffen, Blaine D

“…A common signature of marine invasions worldwide is a significant loss of parasites (= parasite escape) in non-native host populations, which may confer a…”
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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 by Chapman, John W, Blakeslee, April M. H, Carlton, James T, Renee Bellinger, M

“…Two centuries of historical, archaeological, paleontological, geological, oceanographical and biological data conclusively indicate that the periwinkle snail…”
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Premature refutation of a human-mediated marine species introduction: the case history of the marine snail Littorina littorea in the Northwestern Atlantic by Chapman, John W, Carlton, James T, Bellinger, M. Renee, Blakeslee, April M. H

“…The closely documented spread of the European periwinkle snail, Littorina littorea from Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1840 to New Jersey by 1870, its near absence in…”
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Premature refutation of a human-mediated marine species introduction: the case history of the marine snail Littorina littorea in the northwestern Atlantic by Chapman, John W, Carlton, James T, Bellinger, M. Renee, Blakeslee, April M. H

“…The European periwinkle snail, Littorina littorea was discovered in Pictou, NS, Canada in 1840. This snail's subsequent rapid, conspicuous spread south from…”
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practical approach to implementation of ecosystem‐based management: a case study using the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem by Altman, Irit, April MH Blakeslee, Giacomo C Osio, Christopher B Rillahan, Sarah J Teck, John J Meyer, James E Byers, Andrew A Rosenberg

“…The application of ecosystem‐based management (EBM) in marine environments has been widely supported by scientists, managers, and policy makers, yet…”
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