Troy Farmer

Educational Background

Ph.D. Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University 2013

M.S. Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Science
Auburn University 2008

B.S. Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Science
Auburn University 2004

Courses Taught

Fishery Management & Conservation (WFB 4180/6180)
Fisheries Techniques (WFB 4160/6160)
Bayesian Inference in Ecology & Natural Resources (WFB 8610)
Forested Watershed Management (FOR 4060/4061)
Black Bass Reservoir Ecology Creative Inquiry (FNR 4700)
Estuarine Fish Ecology Creative Inquiry (FNR 4700)

Research Interests

My research interests intersect the basic and applied fields of aquatic ecology and fisheries management. I am particularly interested in conducting research that combines empirical approaches (lab or field) with quantitative and modeling approaches to investigate processes regulating fish populations and communities. An overarching goal of my research is to generate novel ecological knowledge that can inform applied management needs. Along these lines, much of my research has focused on understanding how ecological stressors (i.e., climate change, hypoxia [aka “dead zones”], migration barriers) affect fish populations, and subsequently, impact management of aquatic resources.

Publications

Bruce, T.J., C.C. Trettin, Z.A. Noel, A.T. Chow, K. Warden, C. Roghair, T.M. Farmer. 2023. A case study of epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) caused by Aphanomyces invadans in eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from the headwaters of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Journal of Fish Diseases.

Denison, C.D., A. Cottrell, T.M. Farmer, D.A. Fox, D.M. Hood, W.C. Post, G. Sorg, E. Waldrop, and B.K. Peoples. 2023. Seasonal migration cues differ for dual spawning Atlantic Sturgeon in the Great Pee Dee River. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Chrisp, J.K., T.R. Nelson, D.K. Sackett, and T.M. Farmer 2023. Southern Flounder Life History Diversity and Contributions to Fisheries from Differing Estuarine Salinity Zones. Marine and Coastal Fisheries 15: p.e10243.

Bunch, A.J., J.P. Henne, D.R. DeVries, R.A. Wright, D.L. Smith and T.M. Farmer. 2023. Evaluation of double acoustic tagging techniques to track American shad Alosa sapidissima movements at multiple spatial scales. Fisheries Research 261: 106636.

Cannaday, J.D. and T.M. Farmer. 2022. Assessing the effects of sub-tropical winter thermal conditions on coolwater fish reproduction. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. DOI: 10.1111/eff.12631

Bunch, A., H. Hershey, G. Reger, F. Hoogakker, B. Donovan, and T.M. Farmer. 2022. A Bayesian multistate approach to evaluate movements of an invasive freshwater estuarine-opportunist. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Just-In https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0378

Erickson, K., J. West, M. Dance, T.M. Farmer, J. Ballenger, and S. Midway. 2021. Changing climate associated with the range-wide decline of an estuarine finfish. Global Change Biology 27: 2520-2536.

Marcek, B., T.M. Farmer, E. Marschall, G. Petris, and S. Ludsin. 2021. Ecosystem change as a driver of fish recruitment dynamics: A case study of two Lake Erie Yellow Perch populations. Freshwater Biology 66: 1149-1168.

Catalano, M. and T.M. Farmer. 2018. Weak effects of density on post-recruit growth and condition of Largemouth Bass at large Alabama reservoirs. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 38: 281-294.

Staton, B. A., M.J. Catalano, T.M. Farmer, A. Abebe, & F.S. Dobson. 2017. Development and evaluation of a migration timing forecast model for Kuskokwim River Chinook salmon. Fisheries Research 194: 9-21.

Farmer, T.M., E.A. Marschall, K. Dabrowski and S.A. Ludsin. 2015. Short winters threaten temperate fish populations. Nature Communications 6:7724 doi: 10.1038/ncomms8724

R. Kraus, C. Knight, T.M. Farmer, A.M. Gorman, G. Warren, P. Collingsworth, P. Kocovsky, J. Conroy. 2015. Dynamic hypoxic zones in Lake Erie compress fish habitat, altering vulnerability to fishing gears. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72: 1-10.

DeVries, D.R., R.A. Wright, D.C. Glover, T.M. Farmer, M.R. Lowe, A.J. Norris and A.C. Peer. 2014. Largemouth bass in coastal estuaries: A comprehensive study from the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Alabama. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Symposium, Black Bass Diversity: Multidisciplinary Science for Conservation.

Farmer, T.M., D.R. DeVries, R.A. Wright and J.E. Gagnon. 2013. Using seasonal variation in otolith microchemical composition to indicate largemouth bass and southern flounder residency patterns across an estuarine salinity gradient. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 142: 1415-1429.

Farmer, T.M., R.A. Wright and D.R. DeVries. 2010. Mercury concentration in two estuarine fish populations across a seasonal salinity gradient. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139: 1896-1912.

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