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Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium), Charleston, South Carolina, March 28-30,

2008. This talk was selected as the Best Oral presentation by an M.Sc. Student.

2008 Lane, H. A., and Koopman, H. N. Ontogenetic, Seasonal, and Annual Variation in

Lipid Content and Composition of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) from the Bay

of Fundy, Canada. Tidewater Chapter (AFS) annual meeting, Gloucester Point, VA,

March 2008.

2008 Brown, E.E., H.A. Lane, H.N. Koopman, W.E. Smith, and F.S. Scharf. Seasonal and

size-dependent patterns of energy storage by southern flounder in a southeastern

North Carolina estuary. Poster presented at the Tidewater Chapter (AFS) annual

meeting, Gloucester Point, VA, March 2008.

2007 Koopman, H. N., and Zahordony, Z. P. Can you hear me now? Ontogenetic

development of acoustic lipids of dolphins and porpoises. 17th Biennial Conference

on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Society for Marine Mammalogy, Capetown,

South Africa. This talk was selected for the Excellence in Scientific

Communication Award at the conference (awarded to the best presentation given by

a non-student).

2007 Swaim, Z. T., Westgate, A. J., Koopman, H. N., Rolland, R. M., and Kraus, S. D. A

wax ester digester? Comparing the lipid content and composition of right whale fecal

material to those of their copepod prey. North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium

Annual Meeting, New Bedford, MA.

2007 Koopman, H. N. Whales & waxes: a tale of incredibly unusual fat physiology.

American Society of Mammalogists Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

2007 Swaim, Z. T., Westgate, A. J., Koopman, H.N., Rolland, R., Kraus, S. Waxing

poetic: comparing the lipid content and composition of right whale fecal material to

those of their copepod prey. Southeast and Mid-Atlantic Marine Mammal

Symposium, Beaufort, NC. Awarded Best Oral Presentation by an M.Sc. Student.

2007 Zahorodny, Z. P.; Koopman, H. N. Ontogeneny and Organization of Acoustic Lipids

in the Jaw Fats of the Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus). Southeast and Mid-

Atlantic Marine Mammal Symposium, Beaufort, NC.

Scientific funding:

2013 Enhancement of Animal Physiology Laboratory (BIOL 345) – purchase of pipetters.

PI: Koopman, H. N. Co-PI: Southwood Williard, A. Friends of UNCW. Amount

requested: $636.32.

2013 Koopman, H.N. Protecting Canada’s Elusive Giants (basking sharks). Shell’s

Fuelling Change Fund. $25,000. Start: May 1 2013; end April 30 2015. Through the

Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station, Grand Manan, Canada.

2013 Koopman, H. N. (Principal) "Infrastructure Improvement for Grand Manan Research

Station", Resource Development Canada, Other, $8,000.00, Funded. (sub: January

2013, start: April 2013, end: March 2014). Through the Grand Manan Whale &

Seabird Research Station, Grand Manan, Canada.

2013 Koopman, H. N. (Principal),"Infrastructure Support for Grand Manan Whale &

Seabird Research Station", Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency-CIIF, $21,600.00,

Funded. (start: April 2013, end: March 2014). Through the Grand Manan Whale &

Seabird Research Station, Grand Manan, Canada.

2012 Nitrogen solubility in adipose tissues of diving animals: implications for human

divers and for modeling diving physiology. PI: Koopman, H. N. CoPI: Westgate, A.

J. Office of Naval Research. Funded for $446,553 for three years. April 1 2012

– March 30 2015.