David B Bunnell, PhD
David "Bo" Bunnell is a Research Fishery Biologist based in Ann Arbor, MI.
I am a Research Fishery Biologist at the Great Lakes Science Center, and Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan. I am the Principal Investigator (PI) for multiple projects that study community and ecosystem-level processes within the Great Lakes and at the global scale. In short, my research seeks to understand the ecological factors (e.g., resources, climate, predation) that can explain or predict fish biomass, consistent with an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries science and management.
Professional Experience
October 2004 – present. Research Fishery Biologist, USGS Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
August 2003 – October 2004. Assistant Research Scientist, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland
August 2002 – August 2003. Post-doctoral researcher, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Wheatley, Ontario
July 1997 – December 2002. Graduate Research Associate, Ohio State University, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Columbus, Ohio
July 1995 – May 1997. Graduate Research Associate, Clemson University Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Clemson, SC
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. 2002. The Ohio State University; Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, Columbus, OH
M.S. 1997. Clemson University; Fisheries Biology, Clemson, SC
B.S. 1995. Centre College, Magna cum laude; Biology, Danville, KY
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Asynchrony in the inter-annual recruitment of lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis in the Great Lakes region
It's like night and day: Diel net-effects on Cercopagidae densities in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Ciscoes (Coregonus, subgenus Leucichthys) of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon
Comparing life history characteristics of Lake Michigan’s naturalized and stocked Chinook Salmon
Using scenarios to assess possible future impacts of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Testing for synchrony in recruitment among four Lake Michigan fish species
Assessing the influence of watershed characteristics on chlorophyll a in waterbodies at global and regional scales
Stock assessment in inland fisheries: a foundation for sustainable use and conservation
Recruitment synchrony of yellow perch (Perca flavescens, Percidae) in the Great Lakes region, 1966–2008
A shift in bloater consumption in Lake Michigan between 1993 and 2011 and its effects on Diporeia and Mysis prey
Assessment of inland fisheries: A vision for the future
Physiological basis of climate change impacts on North American inland fishes
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Asynchrony in the inter-annual recruitment of lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis in the Great Lakes region
Spatially separated fish populations may display synchrony in annual recruitment if the factors that drive recruitment success, particularly abiotic factors such as temperature, are synchronised across broad spatial scales. We examined inter-annual variation in recruitment among lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) populations in lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior using fishery-dependent and -iAuthorsMitchell T. Zischke, David B. Bunnell, Cary D. Troy, Eric K. Berglund, David C. Caroffino, Mark P. Ebener, Ji X. He, Shawn P. Sitar, Tomas O. HookIt's like night and day: Diel net-effects on Cercopagidae densities in the Laurentian Great Lakes
In the Laurentian Great Lakes, zooplankters are often sampled using standard ≤153 μm mesh nets without regard to the time of day they are collected. We sampled Cercopagidae during 2013–2014 in northern Lake Huron during day, dusk, and night using two different nets (a 0.5 m wide 153 μm mesh “standard” net and a 0.75 m wide 285 μm mesh “Bythotrephes” net) to determine if there were any differencesAuthorsPatricia M. Dieter, David B. Bunnell, Jean V. Adams, Nicole M. Watson, Whitney WoelmerCiscoes (Coregonus, subgenus Leucichthys) of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon
This study of the ciscoes (Coregonus, subgenus Leucichthys) of the Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon represents a furtherance through 2015 of field research initiated by Walter Koelz in 1917 and continued by Stanford Smith in the mid-1900s—a period spanning nearly a century. Like Koelz’s study, this work contains information on taxonomy, geographical distribution, ecology, and status of species (here cAuthorsRandy L. Eshenroder, Paul Vecsei, Owen T. Gorman, Daniel Yule, Thomas C. Pratt, Nicholas E. Mandrak, David B. Bunnell, Andrew M. MuirComparing life history characteristics of Lake Michigan’s naturalized and stocked Chinook Salmon
Lake Michigan supports popular fisheries for Chinook Salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha that have been sustained by stocking since the late 1960s. Natural recruitment of Chinook Salmon in Lake Michigan has increased in the past few decades and currently contributes more than 50% of Chinook Salmon recruits. We hypothesized that selective forces differ for naturalized populations born in the wild and hAuthorsJanice A Kerns, Mark W. Rogers, David B. Bunnell, Randall M. Claramunt, Paris D. CollingsworthUsing scenarios to assess possible future impacts of invasive species in the Laurentian Great Lakes
The expected impacts of invasive species are key considerations in selecting policy responses to potential invasions. But predicting the impacts of invasive species is daunting, particularly in large systems threatened by multiple invasive species, such as North America’s Laurentian Great Lakes. We developed and evaluated a scenario-building process that relied on an expert panel to assess possiblAuthorsT. Bruce Lauber, Richard C. Stedman, Nancy A Connelly, Lars G. Rudstam, Richard C Ready, Gregory L Poe, David B. Bunnell, Tomas O. Hook, Marten A. Koops, Stuart A. Ludsin, Edward S. Rutherford, Marion E. WittmannTesting for synchrony in recruitment among four Lake Michigan fish species
In the Great Lakes region, multiple fish species display intra-specific spatial synchrony in 28 recruitment success, with inter-annual climate variation hypothesized as the most likely driver. 29 In Lake Michigan, we evaluated whether climatic or other physical variables could also induce 30 spatial synchrony across multiple species, including bloater (Coregonus hoyi), rainbow smelt 31 (Osmerus moAuthorsDavid B. Bunnell, Tomas O. Höök, Cary D. Troy, Wentao Liu, Charles P. Madenjian, Jean V. AdamsAssessing the influence of watershed characteristics on chlorophyll a in waterbodies at global and regional scales
Prediction of primary production of lentic water bodies (i.e., lakes and reservoirs) is valuable to researchers and resource managers alike, but is very rarely done at the global scale. With the development of remote sensing technologies, it is now feasible to gather large amounts of data across the world, including understudied and remote regions. To determine which factors were most important inAuthorsWhitney Woelmer, Yu-Chun Kao, David B. Bunnell, Andrew M. Deines, David Bennion, Mark W. Rogers, Colin N. Brooks, Michael J. Sayers, David M. Banach, Amanda G. Grimm, Robert A. ShuchmanStock assessment in inland fisheries: a foundation for sustainable use and conservation
Fisheries stock assessments are essential for science-based fisheries management. Inland fisheries pose challenges, but also provide opportunities for biological assessments that differ from those encountered in large marine fisheries for which many of our assessment methods have been developed. These include the number and diversity of fisheries, high levels of ecological and environmental variatAuthorsKai Lorenzen, Ian G. Cowx, R. E. M. Entsua-Mensah, Nigel P. Lester, J.D. Koehn, R.G. Randall, N. So, Scott A. Bonar, David B. Bunnell, Paul A. Venturelli, Shannon D. Bower, Steven J. CookeRecruitment synchrony of yellow perch (Perca flavescens, Percidae) in the Great Lakes region, 1966–2008
Population-level reproductive success (recruitment) of many fish populations is characterized by high inter-annual variation and related to annual variation in key environmental factors (e.g., climate). When such environmental factors are annually correlated across broad spatial scales, spatially separated populations may display recruitment synchrony (i.e., the Moran effect). We investigated inteAuthorsAndrew E. Honsey, David B. Bunnell, Cary D. Troy, David G. Fielder, Michael V. Thomas, Carey T. Knight, Stephen Chong, Tomas O. HookA shift in bloater consumption in Lake Michigan between 1993 and 2011 and its effects on Diporeia and Mysis prey
Bioenergetics modeling was used to determine individual and population consumption by Bloater Coregonus hoyi in Lake Michigan during three time periods with variable Bloater density: 1993–1996 (high), 1998–2002 (intermediate), and 2009–2011 (low). Despite declines in Bloater abundance between 1993 and 2011, our results did not show any density-dependent compensatory response in annual individual cAuthorsSteven A. Pothoven, David B. BunnellAssessment of inland fisheries: A vision for the future
No abstract available.AuthorsSteven J. Cooke, Angela Arthington, Scott A. Bonar, Shannon D. Bower, David B. Bunnell, Rose Entsua-Mensah, Simon Funge-Smith, John Koehn, Nigel Lester, Kai Lorenzen, So Nam, Robert Randall, Paul A. Venturelli, Ian G. CowxPhysiological basis of climate change impacts on North American inland fishes
Global climate change is altering freshwater ecosystems and affecting fish populations and communities. Underpinning changes in fish distribution and assemblage-level responses to climate change are individual-level physiological constraints. In this review, we synthesize the mechanistic effects of climate change on neuroendocrine, cardiorespiratory, immune, osmoregulatory, and reproductive systemAuthorsJames E. Whitney, Robert K. Al-Chokhachy, David B. Bunnell, Colleen A. Caldwell, Steven J. Cooke, Erika J. Eliason, Mark W. Rogers, Abigail J. Lynch, Craig P. Paukert - News
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