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UNCW Biology and Marine Biology Graduate Student Annual Report
2009-2010 Academic Year
Presentations at scientific meetings:
Laura Bagge
Posters:
Bagge, L. E., McLellan, W. A., Koopman, H. N., McAlarney, R. J., Blum, J. E., and Pabst, D. A. Thermal
properties of the blubber of adult female short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus). Society for Marine Mammalogy 18th Biennial Conference in Quebec City,
Canada, October, 2009.
Bagge, L. E., McLellan, W. A., Koopman, H. N., McAlarney, R. J., Blum, J. E., and Pabst, D. A. Thermal
properties of the blubber of adult female short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala
macrorhynchus). National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference in
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, April 2010.
Oral Presentation:
Bagge, L. E., Koopman, H. N., Pokorny, A. A., McLellan, W. A., and Pabst, D. A. Southeast and Mid-
Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium in VA Beach, Virginia, March 2010.
Brian Balmer
Balmer, B., Wells, R., Schwacke, L., Zolman, E., Lane, S., Speakman, T., Kucklick, J., and Pabst, D.
Geographic variation in persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) along the Georgia coast. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium,
March, 2010.
Balmer, B., Wells, R., Schwacke, L., McLellan, W., Rowles, T., Townsend, F., Schwacke, J., Zolman, E.,
and Pabst, D. Combining existing and novel techniques to determine short-term movement
patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Ocean Sciences Meeting, February, 2010.
James Casey
Casey, J., Garner, S., and Southwood, A. Stomach Temperature Recordings Provide Evidence of Feeding
During the Internesting Interval for Leatherback Turtles. Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology, January, 2010.
Nathan Gavin
Gavin, N. and Durako, M. Localization and antioxidant activity of flavonoid compounds in Halophila
johnsonii and Halophila decipiens. Benthic Ecology Meeting, March, 2010.
Gavin, N. and Durako, M. Localization of Flavonoids in Halophila johnsonii Eiseman in Response to
Light and Salinity Variation. South Eastern Phycological Colloquy, October, 2009.