Research Interests:
My research programme attempts to blend applied andbasic science
with the goal of generating a better understanding of human impacts
on riverine ecosystems. My primary areas of reseach include (1)
investigating the effects of multiple stressors (including nutrient-contaminant
interactions and dissolved oxygen dynamics) on benthic food webs
of large rivers; (2)developing and applying novel experimental
streams for use in environmental effects assessment; (3) applying
stable isotope technologies to trace pollution impacts in food
webs; (4) investigating the effects of forest harvesting on benthic
communities in stream ecosystems; and (5) understanding the role
of benthic predator-prey interactions in structuring riverine
communities.
Special Responsibilities/Interests/Expertise:
-Project Chief and Senior Scientist, Cumulative Effects on Aquatic
Biodiversity, National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada
-Research Professor, UNB Fredericton and Saint John
-Fellow, Canadian Rivers Institute http://www.unb.ca/cri/
-Past President, North American Benthological Society http://www.benthos.org/index.htm
-Member, Science Committee, National Environmental Effects Monitoring
Committee
Selected Publications:
Dubé, M.G., J. M. Culp, D.L. MacLatchy, G. Gillis, W. R.
Parker, S. Courtenay and C. Gilman. 2002. Utility of mobile, field-basedartificial
streams for assessing effects of pulp mill effluents on fish in
the Canadian environmental effects monitoring (EEM) program. J.
Aquat. Ecosystem Stress Recovery 9:85-102.
Glozier, N.E., J.M. Culp, T.B. Reynoldson, R.C. Bailey, R.B. Lowell
and L. Trudel. 2002. Assessing metal mine effects using benthic
invertebrates for Canada's Environmental Effects Program. Water
Quality Research Journal of Canada 37:251-278.
Podemski, C.L. and J. M. Culp. 2001. Toxicant interactions with
food algae: a missing link between laboratory and field effects.
Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality 16:31-42.
Baird, D.J., T.C.M. Brock, P.C. de Ruiter, A.B.A. Boxall, J.M.
Culp, P. Eldridge, U. Hommen, R.G. Jak, K.A. Kidd and T. Dewitt.
2001. The food web approach in the environmental management of
toxic substances. pp 83-122 In: Baird DJ & Burton GA (Eds.)
Ecological Variability: Separating Anthropogenic from Natural
Causes of Ecosystem Impairment. SETAC Press, Pensacola, USA.
Culp, J.M., R.B. Lowell and K.J. Cash. 2000 Integrating in situ
community experiments with field studies to generate weight-of-evidence
risk assessments for large rivers. Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry 19:1167-1173.
Culp, J.M., K.J. Cash and F.J. Wrona. 2000. Integrated assessment
of ecosystem integrity of large northern rivers: the Northern
Rivers Basins Study example. J. Aquatic Ecosytem Stress and Recovery
8: 1-5.
Culp, J.M., C.L. Podemski and K.J. Cash. 2000. Interactive effects
of nutrients and contaminants from pulp mill effluents on riverine
benthos. J. Aquatic Ecosytem Stress and Recovery 8: 67-75.
Culp, J.M., K.J. Cash and F.J. Wrona. 2000. Cumulative effects
assessment for the Northern River Basins Study. J. Aquatic Ecosytem
Stress and Recovery 8: 87-94.
Lowell, R.B., J.M. Culp and M.G. Dubé. 2000. A weight-of
evidence approach for northern river risk assessment: integrating
the effects of multiple stressors. Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry 19:1182-1190.
Lowell, R.B. and J.M. Culp. 1999. Cumulative effects of multiple
effluent and low dissolved oxygen stressors on mayflies at cold
temperatures. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
56:1624-1630.
Culp, J.M., C.L. Podemski, K.J. Cash and R.B. Lowell. 2000. A
research strategy for using stream microcosms in ecotoxicology:
integrating single population and community experiments with field
data. Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery 7:167-176.
Dubé, M. G., J. M. Culp, and G. J. Scrimgeour. 1997. Nutrient
limitation and herbivory: processes influenced by bleached kraft
pulp mill effluent. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 2584-2595.
Culp, J. M., G. J. Scrimgeour and G. D. Townsend. 1996. Habitat
enhancement for rainbow trout fry by addition of small organic
debris bundles. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 125: 472-479.
Dubé, M. G., and J. M. Culp. 1996. Growth responses of
periphyton and chironomids exposed to biologically treated bleached
kraft pulp mill effluent. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 2019-2027.
Scrimgeour, G. J. and J. M. Culp. 1995. Feeding while evading
predators by a lotic mayfly: linking short-term foraging behaviours
with long-term fitness consequences. Oecologia 100: 128-134.
Culp, J.M. and G.J. Scrimgeour. 1993. Size-dependent diel foraging
periodicity of a mayfly grazer in streams with and without fish.
Oikos 68: 242-250.
Culp, J.M., N.E. Glozier and G.J. Scrimgeour. 1991. Reduction
of predation risk under the cover of darkness: Avoidance responses
of mayfly larvae to a benthic fish. Oecologia 86: 163-169.
Scrimgeour, G.J., J.M. Culp, M.L. Bothwell, F.J. Wrona, and M.H.
McKee.1991. Mechanisms of algal patch depletion: importance of
consumptive and non-consumptive losses in mayfly-diatom systems.
Oecologia 85: 343-348.
Beers, C.E. and J.M. Culp. 1990. Plasticity in foraging behaviour
of a lotic minnow (Rhinichthys cataractae) in response
to varying light intensity. Can. J. Zool. 68: 101-105.
e-mail: jculp@unb.ca
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Last Update: 23 August 2004
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