Selected Publications Available as .PDF File

• Schoenfuss, H.L., Martinovic, D., Levitt, J.T., Rai, R., and Julius, M.L. 2009. Adverse Effects of Sewage Effluent Discharge on Sperm Motility in Fish. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 56: 397-408.

• Blob, R.W., Bridges, W.C., Ptacek, M.B., Maie, T., Cediel, R.A., Bertolas, M.M., Julius, M.L., and Schoenfuss, H.L. 2008. Morphological selection in an extreme flow environment: body shape and waterfall-climbing success in the Hawaiian stream fish Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48:734-749.

• Julius, M.L. 2007. Perspectives on the evolution and diversification of the diatoms. pp. 1-13In Pond Scum to Carbon Sink: Geological and Environmental Applications of the Diatoms, Paleontological Society Short Course, October 27, 2007. Paleontological Society Papers, Volume 13, Starratt, S. (Ed.). Copyright © 2007 The Paleontological Society.
• Julius, M.L., J. Stepanek, O. Tedrow, C., and H.L. Schoenfess. 2007. Estrogen-receptor independant effects of two ubiquitous environmental estrogens on Melosira varians Agardh, a common component of the aquatic primary production community. Aquatic Toxicology 85: 19-27.

• Blob, R., Wright, K., Becker, M., Maie, T,, Iverson, T., Julius, M.L. and Schoenfuss, H.L.2007. Ontogenetic Change in Novel Functions: Waterfall Climbing in Adult Hawaiian Gobiid Fishes. Journal of Zoology 273: 200-209

• Julius, M.L. 2007. Why sweat the small stuff: the role of microalgae in sustaining Hawaiian ecosystem integrity. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 183–193.

• Julius, M.L., Curtin, M., and Tanaka, H. 2006. Stephanodiscus kusuensis, sp. nov a new Pleistocene diatom from Southern Japan. Phycological Research 54:294-301.

• Julius, M.L. and Schoenfuss H.L. 2006. Phylogenetic reconstruction as a broadly applicable teaching tool in the biology classroom: The value of data in estimating likley answers. Journal of the College Science Teacher July/ August: 40-45.

• Blob, R.W., Rai, R., Julius, M.L. and Schoenfuss H.L. 2005. Functional diversity in extreme environments: effects of locomotor style and substrate texture on the waterfall climbing performance of Hawaiian gobiid fishes. Journal of Zoology 268: 315-324.

• Julius, M.L. Blob, R., and Schoenfuss, H.L. 2005. The survival of Sicyopterus stimpsoni, an endemic amphidromous Hawaiian gobiid fish, relies on the hydrological cycles of streams: evidence from changes in algal composition of diet through growth stages. Aquatic Ecology 39: 473-484.

• Schoenfuss, H.L., M.L. Julius, and R. Blob. 2004. Colonization of a recent, volcanically formed freshwater habitat: an example of primary succession. Icthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 15: 83-90.

• Stoermer, E.F. and Julius, M.L. 2003. Centric Diatoms. Chapter 11 In: Wehr, J.D. and Sheth, R.G. (eds.), Freshwater Algae of North America: Classification and Ecology. Academic Press, San Diego.

• Budd, J.W., W.C. Kerfoot, S. Green, and M.L. Julius. 2002. Donuts in the Desert? Winter Production in Lake Michigan Shows Unexpected Vertical Structure. Backscatter. Spring/ Summer.

• Julius, M.L., E.F. Stoermer, C.M. Taylor, and C.L. Schelske. 1998. Local extinction of Stephanodiscus niagarae Ehrenb. (Bacillariophyta) in the recent limnological record of Lake Ontario. Journal of Phycology 34: 766-771.

• Julius, M.L., G.F. Estabrook, M.B. Edlund, and E.F. Stoermer. 1997. Recognition of taxonomically significant clusters near the species level, using computationally intensive methods, with examples from the Stephanodiscus niagarae species complex (Bacillariophyceae). Journal of Phycology 33: 1049-1054.

• Julius, M.L., E.F. Stoermer, S.M. Colman, and T.C. Moore. 1997. A preliminary investigation of siliceous microfossil succession in late Quaternary sediments from Lake Baikal, Siberia. Journal of Paleolimnology 18: 187-204.

• Stoermer, E.F., Emmert, G., Julius, M.L., and Schelske, C.L. 1996. Paleolimnologic evidence of rapid recent change in Lake Erie's trophic status. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53: 1451-1458.