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David "Bo" Bunnell
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ecosystem Science and Management
Water
Conservation + Restoration
About
David “Bo” Bunnell has been a Research Fishery Biologist at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 2004. Trained as an Aquatic Ecologist, I am most interested in trophic interactions occurring between fish and their prey. I am also interested in how these interactions are influence by anthropogenic stressors. At USGS, I am the Coregonine Science Program director, where I lead the science to support the planning and evaluation of cisco and whitefish restoration efforts across the Great Lakes.
Publications
- Bunnell, D. B., O. Anneville, J. Baer, C. W. Bean, K. K. Kahilainen, A. Sandstrom, et al., 2024. How diverse is the toolbox? A review of management actions to conserve or restore coregonines. International Journal of Limnology. 60: 5 (https://doi.org/10.1051/limn/2024002)
- Bunnell, D. B., A. S. Ackiss, K. M. Alofs, C. O. Brant, C. R. Bronte, R. M. Claramunt et al., 2023. A science and management partnership to restore coregonine diversity to the Laurentian Great Lakes. Environmental Reviews. 31: 716-738 (https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2022-0109)
- Bunnell, D. B., S. A. Ludsin, R. L. Knight, L. G. Rudstam, C. E. Williamson, T. O. Hook, et al., 2021. Consequences of changing water clarity on the fish and fisheries of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78: 1524-1542 (https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0376)
- Bunnell, D. B., R. P. Barbiero, S. A. Ludsin, C. P., Madenjian, G. J. Warren, D. M. Dolan, T. O. Brenden, et al., 2014. Changing ecosystem dynamics in the Laurentian Great Lakes: bottom-up and top-down regulation. BioScience 64: 26-29. (https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bit001)
Research
Native fish restoration. Identifying impediments or threats to recovery or conservation of native fishes. Working with agency partners to support restoration through an adaptive management framework.
Education
PhD, Ohio State University (Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology)
MS, Clemson University (Fisheries Biology)
BS, Centre College (Biology)