Dive Safety Officer (part-time) Mailing Address: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Defelice Center 8124 Highway 56 Chauvin, Louisiana 70344 Phone: 985-851-2800 Facsimile:985-851-2874 lpride@lumcon.edu Education B.S., 1997, Biology (Marine Sciences), Chemistry Minor Salisbury University , Salisbury, MD Current Projects Distribution and Dynamics of Hypoxia on the Louisiana Continental Shelf MULTISTRESS: Cumulative Coastal Stressors: Northern Gulf [...]
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Fishing may become more difficult in the Bay of Bengal. Photo Credit: Sailesh Patnaik CBC Radio December 9, 2016 There are many 'dead zones' in the oceans of the world, including in the waters off the west coasts of North and South America, the west coast of India, and the Arabian Sea. Dead [...]
By Logan Hawkes | Southwest FarmPress November 8, 2016 "Dead Zones" linked to ag fertilizer use Management options studied Perennial buffer crops. Folks have heard a great deal of talk about the risks of algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico in recent years, and more recently extensive research aimed at not only determining why [...]
By Andrea Basche | Union of Concerned Scientists August 1, 2016 For the first time since monitoring began in 1985, there will be no official measurement of the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone. Late last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made a disappointing announcement: due to mechanical ship problems, this year’s dead zone [...]
By Harvey Rice | Houston Chronicle July 30, 2016 GALVESTON – A mass die-off of coral and other sea animals discovered this week on a reef in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary stunned and saddened scientists who have viewed it as one of the healthiest coral reefs in the world. Russell Jacks [...]
By Mark Schleifstein | The Times-Picayune July 29, 2016 The eight-day research cruise aimed at mapping the size of the summertime "dead zone" along Louisiana's coast has been cancelled for the first time in 27 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 187-foot ship Nancy Foster encountered engine trouble, agency officials announced Friday (July 29). NOAA [...]
By NOAA July 29, 2016 Scientists had predicted average zone for 2016 NOAA and its partners have cancelled the official measurement survey cruise of the annual dead zone that forms off the coast of Louisiana and Texas. NOAA,which oversees the official annual measurement of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico cited mechanical problems [...]
By Mark Schleifstein | The Times-Picayune July 29, 2016 The eight-day research cruise aimed at mapping the size of the summertime "dead zone" along Louisiana's coast has been cancelled for the first time in 27 years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 187-foot ship Nancy Foster encountered engine trouble, agency officials announced Friday (July 29). NOAA [...]