Patricia 'Tricia' Thibodeau, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Location
I am a plankton ecologist and biological oceanographer focused on the effects of rapid climate change on phytoplankton and zooplankton populations and physiology. The major pillars of my research explore how global climate change (1) has and will impact long-term trends in plankton population dynamics and (2) has affected plankton physiology and feeding ecology. I study these themes around the world from Antarctica to the Gulf of Maine. I am also the President of the non-profit organization, (SWMS), whose mission is to bring together marine scientists of all career levels to discuss the diverse experiences of women in marine science, celebrate the research done by women in the field, and promote the visibility of women in the marine science community.
Credentials
Education
Expertise
- Climate change
- Marine invertebrates
- Marine science
- Oceanography
- Phytoplankton
Board Certifications and Licenses
Post-Doctoral Training
Research
Selected publications
Thibodeau, P.S., Puggioni, G., Strock, J., Borkman, D., and T.A. Rynearson, (2024) Long-term declines in chlorophyll a and variable phenology revealed by a 60-year estuarine plankton time series. Proceedings of the National Academy, 121(21): e2311086121. .
Selden C.R., LaBrie R., Ganley L.C., Crocker D.R., Peleg O., Perry D.C., Reich H.G., Sasaki M., Thibodeau P.S., and J. Isanta-Navarro, (2024) Is our understanding of aquatic ecosystems sufficient to quantify ecologically driven climate feedbacks? Glob Chang Biol. 30(6):e17351. .
Canfield, K.N., Sterling, A.R., Hernandez, C.M., Chu, S.N., Edwards, B.R., Fontaine, D.N., Freese, J.M., Giroux, M.S., Jones, A.E., McCarty, A.J., Morriessette, H.K., Plalevsky, H.I., Raker, C.E., Robuck, A.R., Serrato Marks, G., Thibodeau, P.S., and A.E. Windle, (2023) Building an inclusive wave in marine science: Sense of belonging and Society for Women in Marine Science symposia. Prog. Oceanog. 218: 103110.
Thibodeau P. S., Kim J (2023). Visualizing Oceanographic Data to Depict Long-term Changes in Phytoplankton. J Vis Exp.197:
Cimino, M. A., J. A. Conroy, E. Connors, J. Bowman, A. Corso, H. Ducklow, W. Fraser, P. S. Thibodeau et al. (2023).Long-Term Patterns in Ecosystem Phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the Perspective of the Adélie Penguin.Ecosphere14(2):e4417.
Zhang (2022) A Mollicutes Metagenome-Assembled Genome from the Gut of a Pteropod, Limacina rangii. Microbiology Resource Announcements 11 (12), e00752-22.
Thibodeau, P.S., B. Song, C.M. Moreno, and D.K. Steinberg (2022). The feeding ecology and microbiome of the pteropod Limacina helicina antarctica as determined with next generation sequencing. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 88:19-24.
Thibodeau, P.S., D.K. Steinberg, and A.E. Maas (2020). Effects of temperature and food concentration on pteropod metabolism along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 530-531.
Conroy, J.A., D.K. Steinberg., P.S. Thibodeau, and O. Schofield (2020). Diel vertical distribution patterns of zooplankton along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research I 162.
Thibodeau, P.S., D.K. Steinberg, C.E. McBride, J.A. Conroy, and H. W. Ducklow (2020). Long term observations of pteropod phenology along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep Sea Research I 166.
Thibodeau, P.S. (2020). Using long-term data from Antarctica to teach ocean acidification. Current: The Journal of Marine Education 34(1): 43-45.
Thibodeau, P.S., D.K. Steinberg, S.E. Stammerjohn, C. Hauri (2019). Environmental controls on pteropod biogeography along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Limnology & Oceanography 64.
Bausch, A.R., M. Gallego, J. Harianto, P.S. Thibodeau, N. Bednaršek, T. Klinger, and J. Havenhand (2018). Influence of bacteria on shell dissolution in gastropod larvae and Limacina helicina under ocean acidification conditions. Marine Biology 165(40).
Manno, C., N. Bednaršek, G. Tarling, V. Peck, S. Comeau, D. Adhikari, D. Bakker, E. Bauerfeind, A. Bergan, M. Berning, E. Buitenhuis, A. Burridge, M. Chierici, S. Floeter, A. Fransson, J. Gardner, E. Howes, N. Keul, K. Kimoto, P. Kohnert, G. Lawson, S. Lischka, A. Maas, L. Mekkes, R. Oakes, C. Pebody, K. Peijnenburg, M. Seifertg, J. Skinner, P.S. Thibodeau, D. Wall-Palmer, P. Ziveir (2017). Shelled pteropods in peril: assessing vulnerability in a high CO2 ocean. Earth-Science Reviews 169: 132-145.
Busch D.S., Michael M., Thibodeau P.S., McElhany P. (2014) Shell Condition and Survival of Puget Sound Pteropods Are Impaired by Ocean Acidification Conditions. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105884.
Thibodeau, P.S., C.S. Roesler, S.L. Drapeau, S.G. Prabhu Matondkar, J.I. Goes, and P.J. Werdell (2014). Locating Noctiluca miliaris in the Arabian Sea: An optical proxy approach. Limnology & Oceanography 59(6), 2042-2056.
Invited plenary presentation
Thibodeau, P.S. Riding a wave of variability through plankton time series from the Southern Ocean to Narragansett Bay. Oral presentation for Memorial University, Department of Marine Science, virtual, 2021.
Thibodeau, P.S. Riding a wave of variability through plankton time series from the Southern Ocean to Narragansett Bay. Oral presentation for The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, virtual, 2021.
Thibodeau, P.S. Environmental controls on plankton physiology and ecology from the Southern Ocean to Narragansett Bay. Oral presentation for The University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, virtual, 2020