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In Review Thornton, S.W., McLellan, W.A., Rommel, S.A., Dillaman, R.M., Nowacek, D.P.,

Koopman, H.N., and Pabst, D.A. Functional morphology of dorsal acoustic

structures in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales.

In Review Koopman, H.N., Westgate, A. J., Siders, Z. A., and Morse, N. E. Maternal and

environmental influences on fecundity and egg quality in the American lobster

(Homarus americanus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

2014 Koopman, H., Westgate, A., Siders, Z., Cahoon, L. Rapid sub-surface ocean

warming in the Bay of Fundy as measured by free-swimming basking sharks.

Oceanography.

2014 Westgate, A. J., Koopman, H. N., Siders, Z. A., Wong, S. N., and Ronconi, R. R.

Population density and abundance of basking sharks in the lower Bay of Fundy,

Canada. Endangered Species Research 23:177-185.

2014 Yamato, M., Koopman, H., Niemeyer, M., and Ketten, D. Characterization of lipids

in adipose depots associated with minke and fin whale ears: comparison with

"acoustic fats" of toothed whales. Marine Mammal Science.

2013 Siders, Z. A., Johnston, D. W., Westgate, A. J., Murison, L. M., and Koopman, H. N.

Seasonal variation in the spatial distribution of basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus)

in the lower Bay of Fundy, Canada. PLoS ONE 8(12): e82074.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082074

2013 Ellisor, D., McLellan, W., Koopman, H., Schwacke, L., McFee, W., and Kucklick, J.

The distribution and stratification of persistent organic pollutants and fatty acids in

bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) blubber. Science of the Total Environment

464:581-588.

2013 McKinstry, C. A. E., Westgate, A. J., Koopman, H. N. Annual variation in the

energy content and lipid composition of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus from the

Bay of Fundy, Canada. Endangered Species Research 20:195-204.

2013 Koopman, H. N., and Siders, Z. Variation in egg quality in blue crabs, Callinectes

sapidus, from North Carolina: does female size matter? Journal of Crustacean

Biology 33: 481-487.

2012 Bagge, L. E., Koopman, H. N., Pokorny, A., Rommel, S. A., McLellan, W. A., and

Pabst, D. A. Lipid class and depth-specific thermal properties in the blubber of the

short-finned pilot whale and the pygmy sperm whale. Journal of Experimental

Biology 215: 4330-4339.

2012 Koopman, H. N., and Westgate, A. J. Solubility of nitrogen in marine mammal

blubber depends on its lipid composition. Journal of Experimental Biology 215:

3856 -3863.

2012 McClelland, S. J., Gay, M., Pabst, D. A., Dillaman, R., Westgate, A. J., and

Koopman, H. N. Microvascular patterns in the blubber of shallow and deep diving

Odontocetes. Journal of Morphology 273:932-942.

2012 Polito, M. J., Koopman,^ H. N., Able, S., Walsh, J., Goebel, M. Physiological

constraints and the influence of diet on fatty acids in the yolk of gentoo penguins,

Pygoscelis papua. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 182:703-713.^

2011 Lane, H. A., Westgate, A. J., and Koopman, H. N. Ontogenetic and temporal

variability in the fat content and fatty acid composition of Atlantic herring (Clupea

harengus) from the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Fisheries Bulletin. 109: 113 – 122.

2010 Ronconi, R. A, Koopman, H. N., McKinstry, C. A., Wong, S. N. P., and Westgate,

A. J. Inter-annual variability in diets of non-breeding pelagic seabirds (Puffinus sp.)

at migratory staging areas: evidence from stable isotopes and fatty acids. Marine

Ecology Progress Series. 419: 267–282.