Bigmouth shiner (Notropis dorsalis) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15
I wish to acknowledge the following people for their assistance in compiling information for this document: Dr. Ken Stewart (Senior Scholar, Department of Zoology, University of Manitoba), Dr. Bill Franzin (Research Scientist, Environmental Science Division, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba), and Gavin Hanke (Curator of Zoology, Manitoba Museum, Manitoba). Preparation of this report was funded by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada. Special thanks to Robert Campbell.
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Bruce McCulloch is an Impact Assessment Biologist with Fisheries & Oceans Canada (DFO), Edmonton District Office, where his duties include project review, staff supervision, and participation in several federal-provincial working groups. Bruce is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, where he conducted a Master’s thesis on the distribution of the stonecat (Noturus flavus) in Manitoba and its interactions with native fish species. Prior to joining DFO in 2001, he was employed by Westworth Associates Environmental Ltd., where he was involved in a number of major fisheries studies including reconnaissance-level fish and fish habitat inventories in British Columbia, and the establishment of an aquatic ecosystem monitoring program in the vicinity of a hazardous waste landfill in west-central Alberta. Mr. McCulloch has undertaken several fish and fish habitat assessments throughout Alberta for culvert and bridge replacements, and pipeline crossings. Bruce also conducted the fisheries component of a number of functional planning studies related to stream crossings in central Alberta, baseline inventories of aquatic ecosystems and the collection of fish tissues for chemical analysis. As a contractor, he worked with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans where he was involved in population studies of lake trout, lake whitefish, northern pike and white sucker in the Experimental Lakes Area of Ontario. As a private consultant, Bruce conducted a survey of non-game fish species in the upper Missouri River watershed in southwestern Saskatchewan; undertook research on the effects of thermal effluents from a Manitoba Hydro thermal generating station on the fish communities in the Assiniboine River; studied the effects of road crossings on fish populations in eastern Manitoba; participated in data collection to assess effects of forest harvesting and fire on fish populations in the Fort McMurray area of northern Alberta; and conducted research on prey selection by juvenile walleye in Manitoba. He is a member of the American Fisheries Society, is a certified PADI open water diver, and a Certified Electrofishing Crew Leader in Alberta. Bruce is an avid angler and birder, who enjoys playing guitar and bass in his spare time.
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