Shortjaw cisco COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 16

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The Author

Thomas Todd has a B.A. in Biology from California State University at Fullerton (1970) and a M.S. in Zoology from The University of Michigan (1972). His earliest academic interests were in fossil fishes (three publications), but concentrated on the Great Lakes subsequent to his employment at the Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1972. Specifically, his work on the diverse fauna of whitefishes in the Great Lakes (genus Coregonus) has brought him international recognition, and he has represented these research interests on the international steering committees of several symposia concerned with the biology and management of these fishes. He is a past president of the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Polish Archives of Hydrobiology. He has also served on the editorial committees for the published proceedings of three international whitefish symposia and was the primary editor of two other such volumes. Other research interests include the population genetics and ecology of yellow perch and walleye as well as the salmonid fishes of the Great Lakes. Mr. Todd has been Chief of the Branch of Ecosystem Dynamics at the Great Lakes Science Center (U.S. Geological Survey successor of the USFWS Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory) heading up a diverse team of researchers who are examining the biodiversity, genetics, health, feeding, behavior, and taxonomy of fishes and invertebrates in the Great Lakes. Currently, he is the Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Science Center.