Publications

In prep, press, or review

Marsden, J.E., B. Szydlowski, L. Simard, V.A. Sotola and B. Ladago. Laboratory evaluation of lake trout egg penetration into rocky substrates. Minor revisions at Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Guzman, A*, M. Villatoro*, A. Mottet*, M. Harrison*, C.C. Nice, and V.A. Sotola. Effect of different de novo filtering parameters on interpretation of genotype-by-sequencing data. In prep for TBD.

2023

Sotola, V.A., C.S Berg, M. Samuli, H. Chen, S.J. Mantel, P.A. Beardsley, Y. Yuan, A.L. Sweigart, and L. Fishman. Genomic mechanisms and consequences of diverse postzygotic varriers between monkeyflower species. Genetics, 225(3): https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyad156

Harrison, M.*, V.A. Sotola, A. Zalmat*, K.T. Sullivan, B.M. Littrell, T.H. Bonner and N.H. Martin. 2023. A Comparison of Non-Destructive Visceral Swab and Tissue Biopsy Sampling Methods for Genotyping-by-Sequencing in the Freshwater Mussel Fusconaia askewi. Genes, 14(6): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14061197

2021

Zalmat, A.S., V.A. Sotola, C.C. Nice, and N.H. Martin. 2021. Genetic structure in Louisiana Iris species reveals patterns of recent and historical admixture. American Journal of Botany, 108(11): 2257-2268.

Nice, C.C., J.A. Fordyce, V.A. Sotola, J. Crow, and P.H. Diaz. 2021. Geographic patterns of genomic variation in the threatened Salado salamander, Eurycea chisholmensis. Conservation Genetics, 22: 811–821.

Sotola, V.A., K. Sullivan, B. Littrell, N.H. Martin, D.S. Stich, and T.H. Bonner. 2021. Population-level responses of freshwater mussels to floods in a southwestern U.S.A. river estimated through mark-recapture sampling. Freshwater Biology, 66(2): 349-631.

2020

Ruppel, D.S., V.A. Sotola, C.A. Craig, N.H. Martin, and T.H. Bonner. 2020. Assessing functions of movement in a Great Plains endemic fish. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103: 795-814.

2019

Sotola, V.A., C.A. Craig, P.J. Pfaff, J.D. Maikoetter, N.H. Martin, and T.H. Bonner. 2019. Effect of preservation on fish morphology over time: implications for morphological studies. PLoS ONE, 14(3): e0213915.

Sotola, V.A., D.S. Ruppel, C.C. Nice, T.H. Bonner, and N.H. Martin. 2019. Asymmetric introgression between fishes in the Red River basin of Texas is associated with variation in water quality. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 2083-2095.

2018

Sotola, V.A., S.M. Miehls, L.G. Simard, and J.E. Marsden. 2018. Lateral and vertical distribution of downstream migrating juvenile sea lamprey. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44(3): 491-496.

2017

Sotola, V.A., A.W. Schrey, A.K. Ragsdale, G.W. Whitledge, L. Frankland, E.K. Bollinger, and R.E. Colombo. 2017. Genetic evidence of isolation by distance and impact of impoundments on genetic diversity of riverine Channel Catfish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 146(6): 1204-1211.

Simard, L.G., V.A Sotola, S.M. Miehls, and J.E. Marsden. 2017. Assessment of PIT tag retention and post-tagging survival in metamorphosing juvenile Sea Lampreys. Animal Biotelemetry, 5(18): 1-7.

Maynard, G.A., T.B. Mihuc, V.A. Sotola, D.E. Garneau, and M.H. Malchoff. 2017. Black bass dispersal patterns following catch-and-release tournaments on Lake Champlain. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 37(3): 524-535.

2014

Sotola, V.A., G.A. Maynard, E.M. Hayes-Pontius, T.B. Mihuc, M.H. Malchoff, and J.E. Marsden. 2014. Precision and bias of using opercles as compared to otoliths, dorsal spines and scales to estimate ages of largemouth and smallmouth bass. Northeastern Naturalist, 21(4): 565-573.

Sotola, V.A. and D.E. Garneau. 2014. Survey of the Patterns of Nest Box Use Among Squirrels (Sciuridae) in Managed Forest Stands in Clinton County, New York. The Open Ecology Journal, 7: 1-8.

2013

Maynard, G.A., T.B. Mihuc, R.E. Schultz, V.A. Sotola, A.J. Reyes, M.H. Malchoff, and D.E. Garneau. 2013. Use of external indicators to evaluate stress of largemouth (Micropterus salmoides) and smallmouth (M. dolomieu) bass at tournaments. The Open Fish Science Journal, 6: 78-86.