Dissertation (2013): Climate Change Effects on Lake Erie Yellow Perch Reproduction and Recruitment
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 PhD research, I conducted field studies, laboratory experiments, and ecological modeling to investigate the effects of climate change on reproduction and recruitment of a cool-water fish species, yellow perch, in Lake Erie. Specifically, I investigated how i) altered thermal regimes during winter (time when egg development occurs) and ii) increased duration of hypoxia (reduced oxygen availability) during late summer/early fall (time when energy reserves are acquired for egg development) affect reproductive development and subsequently, the number of juveniles produced annually. Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow at Auburn University working with western Alaskan Chinook salmon populations, using Bayesian modeling approaches to quantify stock-specific run-timing and abundance in data-limited situations.
New position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University
Contact Information:
School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
222 Swingle Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: 334-844-9305
Email: farmetm@auburn.edu
Websites:
http://sfaas.auburn.edu/farmer/
http://troymfarmer.weebly.com/
Publications:
Farmer, T.M., E.A. Marschall, K. Dabrowski and S.A. Ludsin. Short winters threaten temperate fish populations. in press at Nature Communications.
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.
Hellmann, J.K., C.M. O’Connor, I.Y. Ligocki, T.M. Farmer, T.J. Arnold, A.R. Reddon, K.A. Garvy, S.E. Marsh-Rollo, S. Balshine and I.M. Hamilton. 2015. Evidence for alternative male morphs in a Tanganyikan cichlid fish. Journal of Zoology. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12222
*Scavia, D., J.D. Allan, K.K. Arend, S. Bartell, D. Beletsky, N.S. Bosch, S.B. Brandt, R.D. Briland, I. Daloğlu, J.V. DePinto, D.M. Dolan, M.A. Evans, T.M. Farmer, D. Goto, H. Han, T.O. Höök, R. Knight, S.A. Ludsin, D. Mason, A.M. Michalak, R.P. Richards, J.J. Roberts, D.K. Rucinski, E. Rutherford, D.J. Schwab, T. Sesterhenn, H. Zhang and Y. Zhou. 2014. Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: central basin hypoxia. Journal of Great Lakes Research 40: 226-246.
*Winner of the Chandler-Misener Award, presented annually to the “most notable” paper published in the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
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.
Lowe, M.L., S.A. Ludsin, B.J. Fryer, R.A. Wright, D.R. DeVries and T.M. Farmer. 2012. Response to “Comment on "Otolith Microchemistry Reveal Substantial Use of Freshwater by Southern Flounder in the Northern Gulf of Mexico” by Pedro Morais. Estuaries and Coasts 35: 107-110.
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.
