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Theresa Redmond, M.S.

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor

Location

Marine 212
Biddeford Campus

My general interests lie mainly in Marine Biology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I specialize in field observations and age-based assessments of estuarine fisheries of coastal and shelf molluscs.  The biology of these molluscs (Scallops, Ocean Quahogs, and Surf Clams) are temperature sensitive and are used as a barometer of climate change.  Growth signatures found in the valves of these shellfish are used to age while C14 samples are taken and analyzed to date each organism.  Trends found may be related to climate change and may be responsible for the temporal and spatial recruitment of the species.

Credentials

Education

Bachelor of Marine Biology
University of New England
2010
Master of Marine Biology
NOVA Southeastern University
2014

Research

Selected publications

 Hemeon, K., Powell, E., Pace, S., Redmond, T., & Mann, R. (2022). Population dynamics of Arctica islandica at Georges Bank (USA): An analysis of sex-based demographics. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 101(7), 1003-1018. doi:10.1017/S0025315422000030

Hemeon, K., Powell, E., Robillard, E., Pace, S., Redmond, T., & Mann, R. (2021). Attainability of Accurate Age Frequencies for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) Using Large Datasets: Protocol, Reader Precision, and Error Assessment. Journal of Shellfish Research, 40(2), 255-267. doi.org/10.2983/035.040.0206

LeClaire, A., Powell, E., Mann, R., Hemeon, K., Pace, S., Sower, J., & Redmond, T. (2022). Historical biogeographic range shifts and the influence of climate change on ocean quahogs (Arctica islandica) on the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The Holocene.  https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221101275