Staff Member
Stefanie Farrington
PhD
Email: sjfarrington@umass.edu
Email: sjfarrington@umass.edu
Biography
Stefanie is a first-year Ph.D. student in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at UMass Amherst and a Pathways Intern with the USFWS She received her M.S. from Clark University, where she studied the population genetics of freshwater pearl mussels in central and western Massachusetts.. Aquatic ecology, habitat assessment, environmental conservation, and population genetics.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Farrington, S.J., C. Murphy, D. Perkins, and A.H. Roy. In revision. Range-wide ecology, conservation, and research needs for the yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa). Hydrobiologia. | February 2025 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Yellow Lampmussel Habitat Assessment in the Connecticut River | April 2025 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Stratton, M.D., S.J. Farrington, J. Stephens, and A.H. Roy. 2025. Developing a protocol for identifying glochidia using genetics. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, 18-22 May 2025, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | May 2025 |
| Pacheco, K.P., S.J. Farrington, J. Stephens, and A.H. Roy. 2025. Using morphometrics to identify freshwater mussel glochidia on host fishes. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, 18-22 May 2025, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | May 2025 |
| Pacheco, K.P., S.J. Farrington, J. Stephens, and A.H. Roy. 2025. Using morphometrics to identify freshwater mussel glochidia on host fishes. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference, 5-7 February 2025, Bartlett, NH. (poster) | February 2025 |
| Garcia, E. S.J. Farrington, D. Perkins, and A.H. Roy. 2024. Yellow Lampmussel distribution in the Connecticut River: connecting habitat use to species presence for future conservation. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, 2-6 June 2024, Philadelphia, PA. | June 2024 |
| Farrington, S.J., J.C. Andersen, J. Gibbons, D. Perkins, A.H. Roy, and T. Warren. 2025. Evaluating Striped Bass as a host for Yellow Lampmussel (<i>Lampsilis cariosa</i>). Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Biennial Symposium, 12-16 May 2025, Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti, Michigan. | May 2025 |
| Farrington, S.J., G. DiRenzo, D. Perkins, A.H. Roy, and T. Warren. 2025. Characterizing habitat use and predicting occurence for Yellow Lampmussel. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, 18-22 May 2025, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | May 2025 |
| Farrington, S.J., G. DiRenzo, D. Perkins, A.H. Roy, and T. Warren. 2025. Characterizing habitat use and predicting occurence for Yellow Lampmussel in the Connecticut River. Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference, 21-24 April 2025, Bretton Woods, NH. | April 2025 |
| Farrington, S.J., D. Perkins, T. Warren, and A.H. Roy. 2024. Characterizing habitat and predicting population hotspots for Yellow Lampmussel in the Connecticut River. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference, 14-16 February 2024, Fairlee, Vermont. | February 2024 |
| Farrington, S.J., D. Perkins, T. Warren, J. Gibbons, and A.H. Roy. 2024. Connecting potential host fishes to wild Yellow Lampmussel populations. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, 2-6 June 2024, Philadelphia, PA. | June 2024 |
| Farrington, S.J., D. Perkins, A.H. Roy, and T. Warren. 2023. Using hydroacoustic imaging to predict yellow lampmussel distribution and habitat use in the Connecticut River watershed. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Symposium, 10-14 April 2023, Portland, OR. | April 2023 |
| Farrington, S.J., D. Perkins, A.H. Roy, and T. Warren. 2022. Characterizing Yellow Lampmussel habitat in the Connecticut River watershed. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference, 2-4 March 2022, Portland, ME. | March 2022 |
| Farrington, S.J., C. Murphy, D. Perkins, and A.H. Roy. 2023. Range-wide ecology, conservation, and research needs for Yellow Lampmussel. Northeast Aquatic Biologists Meeting, 15-17 February 2023, Plymouth, MA. | February 2023 |