Husnah Azmi

My current research investigates how freshwater soundscapes reflect ecological condition and respond to environmental and management driven variation using passive acoustic monitoring. I analyze underwater soundscape data collected across diverse freshwater systems in Ontario, including Lake Scugog and Canal Lake near Port Perry; various lakes, streams, and wetlands in Bruce Peninsula National Park; and Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, integrated with biological surveys and environmental measurements. My work examines how habitat type, water quality parameters such as dissolved oxygen and salinity, and biological activity influence soundscape patterns, and explores the implications of these relationships for biodiversity assessment, ecological condition, and non invasive freshwater monitoring.

Prior to my PhD project, I completed my Master’s at TMU under the supervision of Dr. Stephanie Melles and Dr. Andrew Laursen. My study analyzed the trophic transfer of methylmercury and selenium between Chlorella pyrenoidosa and an aquatic annelid, Aeolosoma variegatum, to identify whether selenium exhibited a protective effect against mercury toxicity in these organisms across trophic levels.