Abby Pratt
M.S. Student
Graduate Program in
Biology
Department of Biology - UL Lafayette
Office: Billeaud
Hall 216
Phone: (337) 482-6494
abigail.pratt1-at-louisiana-dot-edu
I am surveying the deep-sea benthic incirrate octopods of the western North Atlantic using in situ
video collected using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and using these
data to generate a predictive model of potential distribution of
species.
Education
BS in Zoology - Humboldt
State University
- Publications from graduate work
A female octopus (Graneledone varicosa) broods eggs deep in Hendrickson Canyon. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts 2014.