In spite of the heavy rain, many alumni joined us for an alumni donor appreciation crawfish boil on the afternoon of
Grad Student Makes Marine Mammals "Click"
Thu, 06/22/2017 - 3:29pm
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UL Lafayette Physics Master's student Sakib Mahmud tests combinations of passive acoustic monitoring equipment to find the best method to detect and measure marine mammal populations affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. His findings will help improve our understanding of long-term environmental impacts of the spill on deep-diving marine mammals and aid in improving oil spill regulations, monitoring, and mitigation efforts.
Read more in this June 22, 2017 feature article on the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative webpage.
Photo: Sakib stands on the deck of the R/V Pelican during LADC-GEMM’s 2015 recovery cruise. (Photo by Natalia Sidorovskaia)