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2010 Ronconi, R. R., Swaim, Z. T., Lane, H. A., Hunnewell, R. W., Westgate, A. J., and

Koopman, H. N. New hoop-net techniques for capturing birds at sea and comparison

with other capture methods. Marine Ornithology 38:23-29.

2010 DeRuiter, S. L., Hansen, M., Koopman, H. N., Westgate, A. J., Tyack, P. L., and

Madsen, P. T. Propagation of narrow-band-high-frequency clicks: Measured and

modeled transmission loss of porpoise-like clicks in porpoise habitats. Journal of the

Acoustical Society of America 127: 560-567.

2009 Zahorodny Duggan, Z. P., Koopman, H. N., and Budge, S. M. Distribution and

development of the highly specialized lipids in the sound reception systems of

dolphins. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 179:783-798.

2009 Swaim, Z. T., Westgate, A. J., Koopman, H. N., Rolland, R. M., and Kraus, S. D.

Metabolism of ingested lipids by North Atlantic right whales. Endangered Species

Research 6:259-271.

2008 Koopman, H. N. and Zahorodny, Z. P. Life history constrains biochemical

development in the highly specialized Odontocete echolocation system. Proceedings

of the Royal Society of London, B 275:2327-2334.

2008 Neimanis, A. S. Koopman, H. N., Westgate, A. J., Nielsen, K., and Leighton, F. A.

Evidence of exposure to Brucella sp. In harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)

from the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44:480-485.

2007 Budge, S. M., Iverson, S. J., and Koopman, H. N. Reply to Wetzel et al.’s comment:

“Identification of fatty acids by picolinyl ester derivatives”. Marine Mammal Science

23: 991-992.

2007 Koopman, H. N. Ontogenetic, phylogenetic and ecological factors influencing the

biochemical structure of the blubber of odontocetes. Marine Biology 151:277-291.

2007 Borrell A., Aguilar A., Zeljkovic S., Brouwer A., Besselink H. T., Koopman H.,

Read A., and Reijnders, P. Post-mortem stability of blubber DLCs, PCB and tDDT

in by-caught harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Marine Pollution Bulletin 54:

1663 – 1672.

Invited Seminars/Lectures:

2014 Invited seminar at the Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort NC. February 26. “Fat is where

it’s at: marine lipids from whales to lobsters”.

2013 Invited to give a guest lecture in the Marine Mammals class at Savannah State

University, October 25 2013.

2010 Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama – invited seminar entitled

“Whales: animals with unusual amounts of unusual lipids” given February 2, 2010.

2009-2010 Talks on Field work in Marine Biology given to 10th grade Biology classes at New

Hanover High School, Wilmington, NC.

2009 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine - invited seminar entitled “Whales: candles,

cheeses and pigs in disguise?” to the Biology Department on February 12, 2009.

2008 New England Aquarium, Boston - invited seminar on specialized lipids in toothed

whales as part of the NEAq evening lecture series on Oct 6 2008.

Presentations:

2014 Lonati, G. L., Westgate, A. J., and Koopman, H. N. Differences in lipid composition

may influence nitrogen solubility and risk of barotrauma in odontocete

intramandibular and extramandibular fats. SEAMAMMS (Southeast and Mid-

Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium) meeting, March 28-30, Wilmington, NC.

2014 Gabler, M. K., Gay., M., and Koopman, H. N. Microvascularization of the

extra and intra mandibular acoustic fat bodies of Kogia breviceps.