Written by: Amy Whitt Our research team simultaneously listens and looks for marine mammals using acoustic and visual survey methods. We use the hydrophone (underwater microphone) array towed by the ASV to collect real-time data on underwater sounds. While the acousticians from Seiche Limited analyze these data to identify the sounds of marine mammals underwater, […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #3 We All Scream for Ice Cream
June 8, 2017 Written by: Alexandria Hahn Edited by: Amy Whitt It is Day 1, and I cannot believe I am actually aboard the RV Pelican in Louisiana and waiting for the vessel to leave the dock. I am nervous because this is my first time away from home but also my first time at […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #2 Through the Eyes of Youth
By Amy Whitt You graduate high school on a Friday and before even a week has passed you are packing up your teddy bear and heading out to sea on your first marine research expedition. This is any budding marine biologist’s dream! Many of us didn’t have our first at-sea research opportunity until we were […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #1 Bon Voyage
By Amy Whitt Winding our way through Louisiana’s marshes, we headed out to sea as part of an expedition to research marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Azura’s intern and recent high school graduate, Alexandria Hahn, and I have joined the LADC-GEMM research team for this survey. The Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center-Gulf Ecological Monitoring […]
U.S. Atlantic Offshore Wind Facilities & Marine Protected Species
With the U.S.’ first offshore wind farm up and spinning off Block Island, Rhode Island, and many more in various stages of development, regulators, scientists, and industry leaders are hot on the heels of conservation and management off the East Coast. How do we embrace this alternative energy technology while also protecting marine animals from […]
