The Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center-Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM) Consortium recently conducted a visual and acoustics survey for marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The main goal of this study was to quantify short-term and long-term changes in baseline ambient noise levels and marine mammal distribution in the Mississippi Canyon region near […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #10 Back in the Bayou
Written by: Amy Whitt Excited, tired, and a little sunburned, our science team returned to the Louisiana bayou on 17 June 2017. We celebrated the success of the survey and how well our team worked together. One of our senior scientists even said that this was one of the best teams she has ever worked […]
Marine Mammals of the Jersey Shore
The first ecological baseline study in advance of offshore wind development in U.S. waters was conducted in 2008-2010. This study included the first year-round, systematic surveys for marine mammals and sea turtles in nearshore waters off New Jersey. Results of these shipboard and aerial surveys were recently published in the Journal of Cetacean Research and […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #8 Two for the Price of One!
June 14, 2017 Written by: Alexandria Hahn Edited by: Amy Whitt On Wednesday, we had a fairly large sighting comprised of dolphins. Through the “big eyes”, Danielle was seeing a group of bottlenose dolphins. She was able to confirm this because they were being very playful and spyhopping (bringing their heads up out of the […]
LADC-GEMM 2017 Survey: #7 Pilot Whales!
June 13, 2017 Written by: Alexandria Hahn Edited by: Amy Whitt On Tuesday, I had a personal sighting…and it also happened to be our first pilot whale sighting of the cruise! At first glance, what I thought I saw was a group of dolphins, and Amy said that the female pilot whale dorsal fins can […]
