Troy Farmer

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Research Interests

My research interests intersect the basic and applied fields of aquatic ecology and fisheries and aquatic resource management.  I am particularly interested in conducting research that combines empirical approaches (lab or field) with ecological modeling to investigate processes regulating fish populations, communities and aquatic ecosystems. For my Ph.D. research, I am interested in investigating the effects of warmer winter temperatures on reproduction and recruitment of Lake Erie yellow perch.  Also, I am interested in investigating the effect of late summer/early fall hypoxia (reduced oxygen availability) in central Lake Erie on yellow perch energy stores entering the winter, which may also have an effect on reproductive potential.
 

Professional Experiences

Graduate Research Associate. 2008-present. Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University.
Graduate Research Assistant. 2006-2008. Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University.
Research Assistant II. 2004-2006. Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University. Advisors: Dennis DeVries and Russell Wright.
Ichthyology Research Assistant. 2004.  Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University. Advisor: Carol Johnston.
Undergraduate Aquaculture Assistant. 2003. Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University. Advisor: Randall Goodman.
Undergraduate Ichthyology Assistant. 2002. Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University. Advisor: Carol Johnston.
 

Publications

Farmer, T.M., D.R. DeVries, R.A. Wright, and J.E. Gagnon. 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.In press.

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.

Lowe, M.R., S.A. Ludsin, B.J. Fryer, R.A. Wright, D.R. DeVries, and T.M. Farmer. 2012. Response to “Comment on "Otolith microchemistry reveals substantial use of freshwater by southern flounder in the northern Gulf of Mexico” by Pedro Morais. Estuaries and Coasts 35:907-910. 
 

Advisors

Libby Marschall
Stu Ludsin