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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Olga Camacho-Hadad

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Department of Biology

P.O.Box 42451
Lafayette , LA 70504

olgacamacho76@yahoo.com

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Stop-Gap Sampling to Assess the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact on Macroalgae and Macrocrustaceans in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Bridge Grants (RFP-III)Role: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2017
Krayesky-Self, S., Schmidt, W. E., Phung, D., Henry, C., Sauvage, T., Camacho, O., et al. (2017). Eukaryotic Life Inhabits Rhodolith-forming Coralline Algae (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta), Remarkable Marine Benthic Microhabitats. Sci. Rep., 7, 45850.
2015
Camacho, O., Mattio, L., Draisma, S., Fredericq, S., & Diaz-Pulido, G. (2015). Morphological and molecular assessment of Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from Caribbean Colombia, including the proposal of Sargassum giganteum sp. nov., Sargassum schnetteri comb. nov., and Sargassum section Cladophyllum sect. nov. Systematics and Biodiversity, 13(2), 105–130.
2014
Fredericq, S., Arakaki, N., Camacho, O., Gabriel, D., Krayesky D., Self, S., et al. (2014). A dynamic approach to the study of rhodoliths: A case study for the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Cryptogamie, Algologie, 35(1), 77–98.
Conference Presentations - 2
2015
Camacho, O., Clinton, K., Self-Krayesky, S., Rees, G., Richards, J. L., Sauvage, T., et al. (2015). Trials and tribulations of Gulf of Mexico algae and macrocrustaceans inhabiting deep banks offshore Louisiana: what have we learned since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
2014
Camacho-Hadad, O., Schmidt, W., & Fredericq, S. (2014). Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) growing from rhodoliths collected in the NW Gulf of Mexico. In 2014 Phycological Society of America Meeting/Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Portland, OR : 05/18/14-05/23/14: Poster.