Research Fishery Biologist
Western Basin Ecosystems Branch, Lake Michigan Section

Education:
B.S. (Biology) Centre College, 1995
M.S. (Fisheries) Clemson University, 1997
Ph.D. (Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology) The Ohio State University, 2002

Research Interests:
Fish population ecology, aquatic community ecology, and life history theory. Application of simulation and optimality models to address ecological questions.

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2807

E-mail: dbunnell@usgs.gov

Phone: (734) 214-9324

Fax: (734) 994-8780

Barbiero, Richard P., David B. Bunnell, David C. Rockwell, and Marc L. Tuchman. 2009. Recent increases in the large glacial-relict calanoid Limnocalanus macrurus in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(2): 285-292.
Contribution # 1517 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Charles P. Madenjian, Jeffrey D. Holuszko, Jean V. Adams, John R.P. French III. 2009. Expansion of Dreissena into offshore waters of Lake Michigan and potential impacts on fish populations. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(1): 74-80.
Contribution # 1509 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Solomon R. David, and Charles P. Madenjian. 2009. Decline in bloater fecundity in Southern Lake Michigan after decline of Diporeia. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35(1): 45-49.
Contribution # 1500 [Abstract]

Zweifel, R. D., R. Scott Hale, David B. Bunnell, and Mary T. Bremigan. 2009. Hatch timing variations among reservoir gizzard shad populations: implications for stocked Sander spp. fingerlings. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 29(2): 488-494.
Contribution # 1492 [Abstract]

Bremigan, Mary T., Patricia A. Soranno, Maria J. Gonzalez, David B. Bunnell, Kristi K. Arend, William H. Renwick, Roy A. Stein, and Michael J. Vanni. 2008. Hydrogeomorphic features mediate the effects of land use/cover on reservoir productivity and food webs. Limnology and Oceanography 53(4): 1420-1433.
Contribution # 1468 [Abstract]

Madenjian, Charles P. and David B. Bunnell. 2008. Depth distribution dynamics of the sculpin community in Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 1346-1357.
Contribution # 1475 [Abstract]

Madenjian, Charles P., Robert O'Gorman, David B. Bunnell, Ray L. Argyle, Edward F. Roseman, David M. Warner, Jason D. Stockwell, and Martin A. Stapanian. 2008. Adverse effects of alewives on Laurentian Great Lakes fish communities. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(1): 263-282.
Contribution # 1439 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Sara E. Thomas, and Roy A. Stein. 2007. Prey resources before spawning influence gonadal investment of female, but not male, white crappie. Journal of Fish Biology 70(6): 1838-1854.
Contribution # 1397 [Abstract]

Hewitt, David A., Debra M. Lambert, John M. Hoenig, Romuald N. Lipcius, David B. Bunnell, and Thomas J. Miller. 2007. Direct and indirect estimates of natural mortality for Chesapeake Bay blue crab. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(4): 1030-1040.
Contribution # 1416 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Charles P. Madenjian, and Randall M. Claramunt. 2006. Long-term changes of the Lake Michigan fish community following the reduction of exotic alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(11): 2434-2446.
Contribution # 1375 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Charles P. Madenjian, and Thomas E. Croley II. 2006. Long-term trends of bloater (Coregonus hoyi) recruitment in Lake Michigan: evidence for the effect of sex ratio. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(4): 832-844.
Contribution # 1347 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., R. Scott Hale, Michael J. Vanni, and Roy A. Stein. 2006. Predicting crappie recruitment in Ohio reservoirs with spawning stock size, larval density, and chlorophyll concentrations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 26(1): 1-12.
Contribution # 1359 [Abstract]