Lab Publications
* = Fish lab author/co-author
Watson*, R.A, A.V. Culley*, C.G. Haase, M.R. Thomas, S.L.Brandt, M.A. Floyd, & R.E. Blanton. 2024. Instream barriers contribute to populaton isolation of a small-bodied, benthic, headwater-specialist fish (Percidae). Ecology of Freshwater Fishes, e12769. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12769
Thomas, M.R., R.E. Blanton*, A. Ghezelayagh & T. J. Near. 2023. Species-level recognition and redescription of the Kentucky Arrow Darter, Etheostoma spilotum Gilbert (Percidae: Litocara). Proceedings of the Yale Peabody Museum 64(1): 39-80.
Grubb*, B., JW Johansen & R.E. Blanton*. 2022. Phylogeography and population genetics of a headwater-stream adapted crayfish, Cambarus pristinus (Decapoda: Cambaridae), from the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01477-z
Grady*, J.T., L.M. Bower, C.M. Gienger, and R.E. Blanton*. 2022. Fish scale shape follows predictable patterns of variation based on water column position, body size, and phylogeny. Evolutionary Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-021010142-9.
Wolf*, Z.L., J.W. Johansen, & R.E. Blanton*. 2022. Conservation status assessment of the Egg-mimic Darter (Percidae: Etheostoma pseudovulatum) using a multi-faceted approach. Proceedings of the Southeastern Fishes Council, No 62. https://trace.tennessee.edu/sfcproceedings/vol1/iss62/1/
Washburn*, B.A., M.F. Cashner, & R.E. Blanton*. 2020. Small fish, large river: surprisingly minimal genetic structure in a dispersal-limited, habitat specialist fish. Ecology and Evolution 10: 2253-2268. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6064
Blanton*, R.E., M.F. Cashner, M.R. Thomas, S.L. Brandt & M.A. Floyd. 2019. Increased habitat fragmentation leads to isolation among and low genetic diversity within populations of the imperiled Kentucky Arrow Darter (Etheostoma sagitta spilotum). Conservation Genetics, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-019-01188-y
Bloom*, E., B. McCall*, G.A. Schuster & R.E. Blanton*. 2019. Systematics and description of a new species of Faxonius Ortmann, 1905 (Decapoda: Astacidae: Cambaridae) from the Red River system of Kentucky and Tennessee, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology (2019): 1-14. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruy100
Jarrett, A., W. Stiles, A. Janosik, R.E. Blanton*, and C. Johnston. 2017. Evidence of stream capture from the Tallapoosa River drainage by a Chattahoochee River tributary based on fish distributions. Southeastern Naturalist 16(1): 117-126.
Wagner*, M.D. & R.E. Blanton*. 2017. Do river drainage boundaries coincide with phylogeographic breaks in the Redband Darter? Copeia 105:696-711.
Wagner*, M.D., M.S. Hoger* & R.E. Blanton*. 2014. Conservation status of Etheostoma luteovinctum and notes on observations of a burying behavior. Southeastern Naturalist,13 (3): 530-546.
Flaherty, J. P., M. C. Fulbright, S. P. Settle*, A. T. Ross*, and C. M. Gienger. 2014. Geographic distribution: Agkistrodon contortrix. Herpetological Review 45:93.
Blanton*, R.E., L.M. Page, & S.A. Hilber. 2013. Timing of clade diversification an discordant estimates of genetic and morphological diversity in the Slender Madtom, Noturus exilis (Ictaluridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66: 679-693.
Baker, W. H., R. E. Blanton*, & C. E. Johnston. 2013. Diversity within the Redeye Bass, Micropterus coosae (Perciformes: Centrarchidae) species group, with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa, 3635 (4): 379-401.
Flaherty, J. P., M. C. Fulbright, A. Ross*, S. Settle*, and C.M. Gienger. 2013. Geographic distribution: Farancia abacura. Herpetological Review 44:628.
Fulbright, M.C., K.M. Pilcher*, J.P. Flaherty and C.M. Gienger. 2013. Geographic Distribution: Apalone spinifer. Herpetological Review 44:105.
Fulbright, M.C. and M. D. Wagner*. 2013. Geographic Distribution: Chelydra serpentina. Herpetological Review 44:106.
Fulbright, M.C. and M. D. Wagner.* 2013. Geographic Distribution: Nerodia sipedon. Herpetological Review 44:110.
Fulbright, M.C. and M. D. Wagner*. 2013. Geographic Distribution: Opheodrys aestivus aestivus. Herpetological Review 44:110.
Blanton*, R.E., L.M. Page, & B.M. Ennis. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of Opsopoeodus emiliae (Cyprinidae), with comment on the taxonomic implications of discordance among datasets. Copeia 1: 82-92
Bart, H.L., Jr., M.D. Clements, R.E. Blanton*, K.R. Piller, & D.L. Hurley. 2010. Discordant morphological and molecular evolution in buffalofishes (Catostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 808-820.
Blanton*, R.E. & G.A. Schuster. 2008. Taxonomic status of Etheostoma brevispinum (Coker), the Carolina Fantail Darter. Copeia 4:844-857.
Blanton*, R.E. & R.E. Jenkins. 2008. Three new darter species of the federally-endangered Etheostoma percnurum species complex (Percidae, subgenus Catonotus) from the Tennessee and Cumberland river drainages. Zootaxa 1963:1-24.
