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Heather N. Koopman
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Publications - 42
Citations - 1514
Heather N. Koopman is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blubber & Bay. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 37 publications receiving 1321 citations.
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Studying trophic ecology in marine ecosystems using fatty acids: a primer on analysis and interpretation
TL;DR: Over the past three decades, the use of FA develop from a potential tool for delineating food webs to a powerful technique for quantitative assessment of predator diets, allowing both qualitative and quantitative analyses of diet.
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Distinguishing between populations of fresh- and salt-water harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using stable-isotope ratios and fatty acid profiles
TL;DR: Ces observations semblent toutes indiquer that les phoques communs du lac des Loups marins subsistent principalement grâce a un regime alimentaire a base d'especes dulcicoles.
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Diving behaviour of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena
TL;DR: In this paper, the swimming behavior of seven free-ranging harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoenas) was examined using time-depth recorders, in total, 8167 individual dives were recorded over 254'h.
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Phylogenetic, ecological, and ontogenetic factors influencing the biochemical structure of the blubber of odontocetes
TL;DR: The variation in composition and distribution of blubber lipids in odontocetes suggests that different species may have evolved slightly diverse arrays of secondary functions for this specialized adipose tissue as adaptations for specific ecological niches.
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Advances in research on the impacts of anti-submarine sonar on beaked whales.
Y. Bernaldo de Quirós,Antonio Fernández,Robin W. Baird,Robert L. Brownell,N. Aguilar de Soto,D. Allen,Manuel Arbelo,Marina Arregui,Alexander M. Costidis,Andreas Fahlman,Alexandros Frantzis,Frances M. D. Gulland,M. Iñíguez,Mark Johnson,Anastasia Komnenou,Heather N. Koopman,D. A. Pabst,Wendi D. Roe,Eva Sierra,Marisa Tejedor,Gregory S. Schorr +20 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that spatial management specific to BW habitat, such as the MFAS ban in the Canary Islands, has proven to be an effective mitigation tool and mitigation measures should be established in other areas taking into consideration known population-level information.