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2012 Equipment Request for Animal Physiology Laboratory. CAS Equipment Funding

Request—One-Time Resources, University of North Carolina Wilmington. Koopman,

H. N. (Principal), Williard, A. S. (Co-Principal), $12,132.00, Funded. (start: March

2012, end: June 2012).

2011 Koopman, H. N. (Principal) "Support for Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research

Station", Garfield-Weston Foundation, Private, $50,000.00, Funded. (sub: March

2011, start: September 2011, end: August 2013). Through the Grand Manan Whale

& Seabird Research Station, Grand Manan, Canada.

2011 Critical habitat and migration patterns of Canadian Maritime basking sharks. Royal

Caribbean Ocean Fund. Funded in the amount of $25,000 for one year. PIs:

Koopman, H. N., Westgate, A. J., Wong, S. N., and Ronconi, R. A. [funds through

the Grand Manan Research Station]

2011 Enhancement of Animal Physiology Laboratory (BIOL 345) – purchase of rotor for

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

Amount requested: $889.20.

2010 The whale pump: marine mammals and primary productivity in the Bay of Fundy.

Roman, J. (PI), McCarthy, J., Koopman H. (coPIs). Marine Mammal Commission.

Amount requested: $40,920.

2010 Linking variation in egg quality to hatching success and larval survival in blue crabs.

PI: Koopman, H.N. CoPI: Posey, M., Alphin, T., Westgate, A. Funded by North

Carolina Sea Grant (two years for $18,355).

2010 Enhancement of Animal Physiology Laboratory (BIOL 345) – purchase of

Eppendorf pipettors. PI: Koopman, H. N. Co-PI: Southwood, A. Friends of

UNCW. Funded in the amount of $442.40

2009 Factors affecting egg quality in American lobsters (Homarus americanus). PI:

Koopman, H.N. (second year of pilot study). Funded jointly by Maine and NC

Seagrant for $4,500.

2008 Enhanced tissue collection and health monitoring of stranded marine mammals in

North Carolina and Virginia. PI: Pabst, D. A. Co-PIs: McLellan, W., Rommel, S.,

and Koopman, H. Prescott Program, US Dept of Commerce. Funded in the amount

of $99, 974.00.

2008 Acquisition of a digital calorimeter. PI: Koopman H. N. Co-PIs: Scharf, F.,

Pawlik, J., Alam, M., Kinsey, S., Pabst, D. A., Posey, M., Watanabe, W., and

Southwood, A. CMS Equipment proposal 2008. Funded in the amount of

$20,037.60.

2008 Enhancement of Animal Physiology Laboratory (BIOL 345) – purchase of pH

meters. PI: Koopman, H. N. Co-PI: Southwood, A. Friends of UNCW. Funded in

the amount of $839.42

2007 Factors affecting egg quality in the American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the

Bay of Fundy: habitat, diet and female body size. PI: Koopman, H. N. Maine Sea

Grant Development Grant (pilot project). Funded in the amount of: $3,000.

2007 The evolution of specialized lipids in the toothed whales (dolphins, porpoises, sperm

and beaked whales). Koopman, H. UNCW Cahill Award (under the Darwin Scholar

Program). Funded in the amount of $2,464.

2007 Upgrade to Animal Physiology Laboratory. Koopman, H.N., Southwood A.L.

UNCW Biology and Marine Biology Equipment Committee. Funded in the

amount of $2,669. 2007.