Senior Lecturer in Aquaculture
Institute of Aquaculture University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Past experience
Project manager: Conservation of Atlantic salmon in Scotland (CASS) LIFE project. SNH (Battleby, Perthshire) Biologist: Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust. (Rowardennan, Glasgow) Executive manager and biologist: Forth Fisheries Foundation. University of Stirling (Stirling) International Aquarium Research Co-ordinator: Project Seahorse, John G. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, USA)and McGill University (Montreal, Canada) Field Researcher. Environment and Natural Resources Institute. (Anchorage Alaska, USA)
Education 1996 PhD - The feeding and fat dynamics of resident juvenile Atlantic salmon during winter – University of Glasgow 1993 1st class (Hons) Biology – University of Stirling
River Dee salmon restoration phase 3 smolts
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: River Dee Trust
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Pilot project - developing new risk assessment frameworks for Atlantic salmon migration
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Blair Drummond Estate
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Secondment to Atlantic Salmon Trust
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Atlantic Salmon Trust
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Keltie Burn EIA for Cemex
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Cemex
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Invertebrate survey of Keltie Water for Cemex
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Cemex
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN eDNA DATA SET TO PRODUCE A WFD COMPATIBLE CLASSIFICATION TOOL FOR LAKE FISH IN SCOTLAND
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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River Forth Fish habitat survey
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: SLR Consulting Ltd
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White Cart Lamprey Relocation
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Applied Ecology Ltd
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Lamprey site condition monitoring Tweed
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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SNH – Lamprey Site Condition monitoring survey of Spey SAC
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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WFD111 (2A) Coarse Resolution Rapid-Assessment Methdology
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Millbank fish monitoring
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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WFD1112a river barrier assessment training
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Environment Agency
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Revision of Common Standards Monitoring Techniques for Lamprey
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Rapid Barrier Assessment - Sherrif's Park Weir - River Leith
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Eden Rivers Trust
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GHR Coilte fluvial
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Green Highland Renewables
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Freshwater Bio-assessment and its application in catchment management
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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RRFT Dee
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: River Forth Fisheries Trust
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Afton windfarm
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: AA Enviro
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Ardeonaig Hydro Fish Survey
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Campbell of Doune Ltd
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Collection of additional information on fish passage at a waterfall on Allt Shallainn
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Green Highland Renewables
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Fish Access Study
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Green Highland Renewables
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Kier Mining
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Kier Construction Ltd
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Coulie Burn Fish Survey
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Drummond Estates
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Selkirk Lamprey Rescue and Relocation
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Applied Ecology Ltd
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Proposal for the collection of additional information on fish habitat quality at Shenval, Coiltie and Arkaig.
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Green Highland Renewables
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Collection of additional information on fish passage at a waterfall on Abhainn Bruachaig
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Green Highland Renewables
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The Collection and Analysis of UK larval Lamprey dataset to determine variance and inform future monitoring strategies
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Fish Monitoring Service at Lochwinnoch
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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A9/A85 Crieff Road Junction Redevelopment , Fish Survey
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Halcrow Group Ltd
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Lamprey SAC's Site Condition Monitoring
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Waterside Ecology
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Trialling of the methodology for quantifying the impacts of obstacles to fish passage
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Institute of Fisheries Management and Sniffer
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Article
Borland A, Banas N, Gallego A, Speirs D, Tyldesley E & Bull C (2024) Modelled marine migrations of Atlantic salmon post-smolts from Irish and Scottish rivers vary interannually with local currents and salinity. Durif C (Editor) ICES Journal of Marine Science, Art. No.: fsae185. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae185
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Tyldesley E, Banas NS, Diack G, Kennedy R, Gillson J, Johns DG & Bull C (2024) Patterns of declining zooplankton energy in the northeast Atlantic as an indicator for marine survival of Atlantic salmon. Juanes F (Editor) ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81 (6). https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae077
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From the environment into the biomass: microplastic uptake in a protected lamprey species
Rendell-Bhatti F, Bull C, Cross R, Cox R, Adediran GA & Lahive E (2023) From the environment into the biomass: microplastic uptake in a protected lamprey species. Environmental Pollution, 323, Art. No.: 121267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121267
Research Report
The Second ICES/NASCO Workshop on Salmon Mortality at Sea (WKSalmon2; outputs from 2022 meeting)
Banas N, Bean C, Bolstad GH, Bull C, Campbell A, Dauphin G, de Eyto E, Diack G, Elliott S, Gregory S, Head E, Johns D, Kavanagh A & McGinnity P (2023) The Second ICES/NASCO Workshop on Salmon Mortality at Sea (WKSalmon2; outputs from 2022 meeting). Bill C (Editor) & Nolan G (Editor) International Council For The Exploration of the Seas (ICES) ICES Scientific Reports, 5:36. Copenhagen. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.22560790
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Diack G, Bull C, Akenhead SA, van der Stap T, Johnson BT, Rivot E, Patin R, Hernvann P, Schubert A, Bird T, Saunders M & Crozier W (2022) Enhancing data mobilisation through a centralised data repository for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Providing the resources to promote an ecosystem-based management framework.. Ecological Informatics, 70, Art. No.: 101746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101746
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Bull CD, Gregory SD, Rivot E, Sheehan TF, Ensing D, Woodward G & Crozier W (2022) The likely suspects framework: the need for a life cycle approach for managing Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) stocks across multiple scales. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79 (5), pp. 1445-1456. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac099
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Woodward G, Morris O, Barquín J, Belgrano A, Bull C, de Eyto E, Friberg N, Guðbergsson G, Layer-Dobra K, Lauridsen RB, Lewis HM, McGinnity P, Pawar S, Rosindell J & O’Gorman EJ (2021) Using Food Webs and Metabolic Theory to Monitor, Model, and Manage Atlantic Salmon—A Keystone Species Under Threat. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, Art. No.: 675261. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.675261
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Seeney A, Eastwood S, Pattison Z, Willby N & Bull C (2019) All change at the water's edge: invasion by non-native riparian plants negatively impacts terrestrial invertebrates. Biological Invasions, 21 (6), pp. 1933-1946. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-01947-5
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Stream invertebrate diversity reduces with invasion of river banks by non-native plants
Seeney A, Pattison Z, Willby NJ, Boon PJ & Bull CD (2019) Stream invertebrate diversity reduces with invasion of river banks by non-native plants. Freshwater Biology, 64 (3), pp. 485-496. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13236
Technical Report
Bull C & Law A (2018) The collation and analysis of UK larval lamprey data to determine variance and inform monitoring strategies. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Technical Report
Bull C, Shelton J & Coulson M (2017) Trialling drift netting and deep water sampling methods as methods to assist monitoring larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations in a Scottish SAC river. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Technical Report
Review and proposed modifications to the WFD 1112a fish passage assessment tool
Bull C (2017) Review and proposed modifications to the WFD 1112a fish passage assessment tool. Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Technical Report
Bull C (2017) Fish passage at Leith weir: an appraisal of the current status of fish passage and recommendations for light touch improvements. Eden Rivers Trust.
Technical Report
A survey of lampreys and larval habitat at Craigforth, Stirling
Bull C (2017) A survey of lampreys and larval habitat at Craigforth, Stirling. Haughton Planning.
Technical Report
Bull C (2017) Implications of modifying the current WFD1112a passability assessment protocol to adopt an automated version based on the French ICE protocol (Baudoin etal., 2015) [SNIFFER 2 Report Final Submit March 2018]. Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.
Technical Report
Bull C (2016) Consideration of fish passage in relation to the development of a hydro scheme on a section of the Allt Shallain, Loch Garry. Green Highland Renewables.
Technical Report
Site condition monitoring of lamprey in the River Teith Special Area of Conservation
Bull C (2016) Site condition monitoring of lamprey in the River Teith Special Area of Conservation. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Technical Report
A survey of fish communities and habitats at Afton Reservoir catchment
Bull C (2016) A survey of fish communities and habitats at Afton Reservoir catchment. AAEnviro.
Technical Report
Fish population monitoring for the Millbank Burn, a tributary of Castle Semple Loch , Lochwinnoch
Bull C (2016) Fish population monitoring for the Millbank Burn, a tributary of Castle Semple Loch , Lochwinnoch. RSPB Scotland.
Technical Report
Bull C (2015) The fish populations and fish habitat quality in the lowermost section of the Alt Olach, a tributary of the Water of Ruchill, Perthshire. Drummond Estates.
Technical Report
Burn of Ample Fish habitat survey report
Bull C (2015) Burn of Ample Fish habitat survey report. Highland Eco Design.
Technical Report
Bull C (2015) Assessment of salmonid fish populations in vicinity of a waterfall feature on the Ardeonaig Burn, South Loch Tay. Campbell of Doune.
Technical Report
Ground-truthing the quality assessment of walkover lamprey habitat surveys
Bull C, Law A, Perfect C & Watt J (2014) Ground-truthing the quality assessment of walkover lamprey habitat surveys. Scottish Natural Heritage.
Technical Report
Bull C (2014) A survey of the fish populations and habitats in the vicinity of the A9/A85 Crieff Road redevelopment proposed bridge crossing of the River Almond, Perthshire. CH2M Hill.
Technical Report
Bull C & Perfect C (2014) An assessment and limited options appraisal for the fish passage improvements at Dollar Weir, River Devon. River Forth Fisheries Trust.
Technical Report
Bull C (2014) A survey of the fish habitat of a section of the Auldmurroch Burn, Central Scotland, for the potential development of a hydro scheme. Campbell of Doune.
Technical Report
Bull C & Law A (2014) A survey of the aquatic habitat, fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate populations in the vicinity of three proposed conveyor bridge crossings on the River Teith and Keltie Water at Cambusmore. Direct Ecology.
