Quantification of Trichodesmium spp. vertical and horizontal abundance patterns and nitrogen fixation in the western North Atlantic

SPONSOR:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

ORIGINATING SPONSOR:

National Science Foundation

RESEARCH TEAM:

Dennis McGililcuddy, Cabell Davis, John Waterbury

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WEBSITE:

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0925284&HistoricalAwards=false

PUBLICATIONS:

Luo, Y.-W., Doney, S.C., Anderson, L.A., Benavides, M., Berman-Frank, I., Bode, A., Bonnet, S., Bostrom, K.H., Bottjer, D., Capone, D.G., Carpenter, E.J., Chen, Y.L., Church, M.J., Dore, J.E., Falcon, L.I., Fernandez, A., Foster, R.A., Furuya, K., et. al.. "Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates," Earth Systems Science Data, v.4, 2012, p. 47. doi:doi:10.5194

Haley, S.T., and Dyhrman , S.T.. "Microbial superheroes unite through the virtual world of whyville The Journal of Marine Education," The Journal of Marine Education, v.28, 2013, p. 9.

KEYWORDS

productivity nitrogen flow trichodesmium bio-optical model oceans ecosystems health and monitoring planktonic ecosystems nitrogen fixation

THEMES

Earth fundamentals