Biology and Marine Biology

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CURRICULUM VITAE

ANDREW JOHN WESTGATE

Education

B.Sc. University of Guelph, 1989, Biological Science.

M.Sc. University of Guelph, 1995, Zoology. Advisor: David E. Gaskin

Ph.D. Duke University, 2005, Environment. Advisor: Andrew J. Read.

Appointments

Research Assistant Professor

Biology and Marine Biology

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Wilmington, NC U.S.A. 28403

[email protected]

Phone: 910-962-2783

Senior Marine Biologist

Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station

24 Route 776

Grand Manan, NB, Canada, E5G 1A1

Research Collaborator

National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian Institution

Division of Mammals

P.O. Box 37012

Washington, D.C.

20013- 7012

Publications

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.J, Siders, Z., Cahoon, L. Rapid sub-surface ocean warming in

the Bay of Fundy as measured by free-swimming basking sharks. Oceanography 27:14-1.

2014 Balmer, B. C., Wells, R. S., Howle, L. E., Barleycorn, A. A., McLellan, W. A., Ann Pabst,

D., Rowles, T. K., Schwacke, L. H., Townsend, F. I., Westgate, A. J. and Zolman, E. S.

Advances in cetacean telemetry: A review of single-pin transmitter attachment techniques

on small cetaceans and development of a new satellite-linked transmitter design. Marine

Mammal Science, 30: 656–673.

doi: 10.1111/mms.12072

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.

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)