Eric Koepfler

Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science

Education:

• College of William & Mary - Ph.D. 1989
• University of Toledo - B.S. 1980

Professional Experience:

• 1998 - Associate Professor
  Department of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
• 1991 - Baruch Fellow
  USC Marine Laboratory
• 1990 - 1996 Assistant Professor
  USC Marine Laboratory
• 1989 - 1990 Postdoctoral Fellow
  Marine Science Institute, University of Texas
• 1981 - 1989 Research Graduate Assistant
  College of William & Mary

Courses Taught:

• MSCI 111 Introduction to Marine Science
• MSCI 112 Introduction to Marine Science
• MSCI 302/302L Marine Biology and Lab
• MSCI 376/376L Seaturtle Biology
• MSCI 476/476L Marine Plankton Ecology and Lab
• MSCI 477 Ecology of Coral Reefs
• MSCI 479/479L Benthic Ecology and Lab
• CMWS 602 Coastal Marine and Wetland Ecology

Recent Student Projects:

Undergraduate:

• Caitlin Lamb, Controls Upon Nesting Temperature Regimes Within Beach Sands Used By The Loggerhead Sea Turtle.
• Sam Lake, Use of Dataflow in North Inlet: Examination of Temporal and Spatial Variability of Tidal Creeks using a Landscape Perspective.
• Sam Gary, Controls upon Rhaphidophyte growth – Salinity tolerance of Heterosigma akoshiwa as determined by respirometry.
• Anya Walker, Controls upon Rhaphidophyte growth – Salinity tolerance of Heterosigma akoshiwa as determined by cell counts.
• Rodger Duke, Community structure of a high salt marsh over an elevation and submergence gradient.
  

  Graduate:

• Derith Heirs, Modeling of historic seaturtle nest microclimate for Caretta caretta in the Southeastern U.S. (ongoing)