1. Weigelt, R., Lippert, H., Borges, L. M., Appelqvist, C., Karsten, U., & Bastrop, R. (2016). First time DNA barcoding of the common shipworm Teredo navalis Linnaeus 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Teredinidae): Molecular-taxonomic investigation and identification of a widespread wood-borer. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 475, 154-162.
2. Kotta, J., Kotta, I., Bick, A., Bastrop, R., & Väinölä, R. (2015). Modelling habitat range and seasonality of a new, non-indigenous polychaete Laonome sp.(Sabellida, Sabellidae) in Pärnu Bay, the north-eastern Baltic Sea. Aquatic Invasions, 10(3), 275-285.
3. Kistenich, S., Dreßler, M., Zimmermann, J., Hübener, T., Bastrop, R., & Jahn, R. (2014) An investigation into the morphology and genetics of Cyclotella comensis and closely related taxa. Diatom Research, 29(4), 423-440.
4. Krebes, L., Zeidler, L., Frankowski, J., & Bastrop, R. (2014) (Cryptic) sex in the microsporidian Nosema granulosis–Evidence from parasite rDNA and host mitochondrial DNA. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 21, 259-268.
5. Gérard, K., Guilloton, E., Arnaud-Haond, S., Aurelle, D., Bastrop, R., Chevaldonné, P., & Mousset, S. (2013). PCR survey of 50 introns in animals: Cross-amplification of homologous EPIC loci in eight non-bilaterian, protostome and deuterostome phyla. Marine Genomics, 12, 1-8.
6. Krebes, L., and Bastrop, R. (2012) The mitogenome of Gammarus duebeni (Crustacea Amphipoda): A new gene order and non-neutral sequence evolution of tandem repeats in the control region." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics7.2: 201-211.
7. Blank, M., Mikkat, S., Verleih, M., & Bastrop, R. (2012) Proteomic comparison of two invasive polychaete species and their naturally occurring F1-hybrids. Journal of Proteome Research,11(2), 897-905.
8. Schmidt, J., Opgenoorth, L., Hoell, S., & Bastrop, R.(2012) Into the Himalayan exile: the phylogeography of the ground beetle Ethira clade supports the Tibetan origin of forest-dwelling Himalayan species groups. PLoS One, 7(9), e45482.
9. Meißner, K., Bick, A., & Bastrop, R. (2011) On the identity of Spio filicornis (OF Müller, 1776)—with the designation of a neotype, and the description of two new species from the North East Atlantic Ocean based on morphological and genetic studies. Zootaxa, 2815(1), 1-27.
10. Krebes, L., Blank, M., & Bastrop, R. (2011) Phylogeography, historical demography and postglacial colonization routes of two amphi-Atlantic distributed amphipods. Systematics and Biodiversity, 9(3), 259-273.
11. Krebes, L., Blank, M., Frankowski, J., & Bastrop, R.(2010) Molecular characterisation of the Microsporidia of the amphipod Gammarus duebeni across its natural range revealed hidden diversity, wide-ranging prevalence and potential for co-evolution. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 10(7), 1027-1038.
12. Krebes, L., Blank, M., Jürss, K., Zettler, M.-L., Bastrop, R.(2010) Glacial-driven vicariance in the amphipod Gammarus duebeni. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54 (2): 372-385
13. Blank, M., Bastrop, R. (2009) Phylogeny of the mud worm genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta, Spionidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta 38 (3): 313-321
14. Frankowski, J., Bastrop R (2009) Identification of Anguilla anguilla (L.) and Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur) and their hybrids based on a diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphism in nuclear 18S rDNA. Molecular Ecology Resources (2010) 10: 173–176
15. Frankowski, J., Jennerich, S., Schaarschmidt, T., Ubl, C., Jürss, K., & Bastrop, R. (2009). Validation of the occurrence of the American eel Anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur, 1817) in free-draining European inland waters. Biological Invasions 11: 1301-1309
16. Schwentner, M.; Timms, B.V., Bastrop, R.; Richter, S.(2009) Phylogeny of Spinicaudata (Branchiopoda, Crustacea) based on three molecular markers - an Australian origin for Limnadopsis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 716-725
17. Audzijonyte, A., Ovcarenko, I., Bastrop, R., Vainola, R. (2008) Two cryptic species of the Hediste diversicolor group (Polychaeta) in the Baltic Sea, with mitochondrial signatures of different population histories. Marine Biology 155 (6): 599-612
18. Blank, M., Jürss, K., Bastrop, R. (2008) A mitochondrial multigene approach contributing to the systematics of the brook and river lampreys and the phylogenetic position of Eudontomyzon mariae. Canadian Journal of Fisheries65 (12): 2780-2790
19. Schwentner, M, Timms, B.V., Bastrop, R., Richter, S (2008) Combining morphological and molecular characters to distinguish spinicaudatan species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) with special focus on the male claspers. Journal of Morphology269 (12): 1485-1486
20. Blank, M., Laine, A.O., Jürss, K., Bastrop, R.(2008) Molecular species identification key based on PCR/RFLP for discrimination of three polychaete sibling species of the genus Marenzelleria, and their current distribution in the Baltic Sea. Helgoland Marine Research62: 129-141
21. Bastrop, R., Blank, M. (2006) Multiple invasions – a polychaete genus enters the Baltic Sea. Biological Invasions8: 1195-1200
22. Blank, M., Bastrop, R., Jürss, K.(2006) Stress protein response in two sibling species of Marenzelleria (Polychaeta: Spionidae): Is there an influence of acclimation salinity? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B,144: 451-462
23. Blank, M., Fulda, S., Bastrop, R., Jürss, K. (2005) Variation in protein patterns within and among polychaete sibling species of the genus Marenzelleria (Spionidae): a preliminary survey. Marine Biology 146: 943-950