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

Bunnell, David B., Charles P. Madenjian, Mark W. Rogers, Jeffrey D. Holuszko, & Linda J. Begnoche. 2012. Exploring mechanisms underlying sex-specific differences in mortality of Lake Michigan bloaters. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141(1): 204-214.
Contribution # 1680 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Kevin M. Keeler, Elizabeth A. Puchala, Bruce M. Davis, and Steven A. Pothoven. 2012. Comparing seasonal dynamics of the Lake Huron zooplankton community between 1983-1984 and 2007 and revisiting the impact of Bythotrephes planktivory. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38(3): 451-462.
Contribution # 1695 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Randy L. Eshenroder, Ann E. Krause, Jean V. Adams. 2012. Depth segregation of deepwater ciscoes (Coregonus spp.) in Lake Michigan during 1930–1932 and range expansion of Coregonus hoyi into deeper waters after the 1990s. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. Special Issues. Advances in Limnology. 63: 3–24.
Contribution # 1615 [Abstract]

Pangle, Kevin L., Timothy D. Malinich, David B. Bunnell, Dennis R. DeVries, and Stuart A. Ludsin. 2012. Context-dependent planktivory: interacting effects of turbidity and predation risk on adaptive foraging. Ecosphere 3(12): art114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES12-00224.1
Contribution # 1719 [Abstract][Link to accessible PDF on Ecosphere's website]

Pothoven, Steven A., David B. Bunnell, Charles P. Madenjian, Owen T. Gorman, and Edward F. Roseman. 2012. Energy density of bloaters in the upper Great Lakes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 141(3): 772-780.
Contribution # 1679 [Abstract]

Vanderploeg, Henry A., Steven A. Pothoven, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, Joann F. Cavaletto, James R. Liebig, Craig A. Stow, Thomas F. Nalepa, Charles P. Madenjian, and David B. Bunnell. 2012. Seasonal zooplankton dynamics in Lake Michigan: disentangling impacts of resource limitation, ecosystem engineering, and predation during a critical ecosystem transition. Journal of Great Lakes Research 38(2): 336-352.
Contribution # 1684 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Bruce M. Davis, David M. Warner, Margret A. Chriscinske, and Edward F. Roseman. 2011. Planktivory in the changing Lake Huron zooplankton community: Bythotrephes consumption exceeds that of Mysis and fish. Freshwater Biology 56(7): 1281-1296.
Contribution # 1626 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Douglas W. Lipton, and Thomas J. Miller. 2010. The bioeconomic impact of different management regulations on the Chesapeake Bay blue crab fishery. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30: 1505-1521.
Contribution # 1614 [Abstract]

Bunnell, David B., Jean V. Adams, Owen T. Gorman , Charles P. Madenjian, Stephen C. Riley, Edward F. Roseman, and Jeffrey S. Schaeffer . 2010. Population synchrony of a native fish across three Laurentian Great Lakes: evaluating the effects of dispersal and climate. Oecologia 162(3): 641-651.
Contribution # 1556 [Abstract]

Jacobs, Gregory R., Charles P. Madenjian, David B. Bunnell, and Jeffrey D. Holuszko. 2010. Diet of lake trout and burbot in northern Lake Michigan during spring: evidence of ecological interaction. Journal of Great Lakes Research 36(2): 312-317.
Contribution # 1576 [Abstract]

Madenjian, Charles P., David B. Bunnell, and Owen T. Gorman. 2010. Ninespine stickleback abundance in Lake Michigan increases after invasion of dreissenid mussels. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139(1): 11-20.
Contribution # 1482 [Abstract]

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]