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So you think you know Marine Metagenomics?

Holly Bik March 9, 2013 cyanobacteria DNA Gene Global Ocean Survey iron Metabolism metagenomics parrotfish submarine

Metagenomics is so easy to understand, right? Scientists just go out and get DNA sequences from…stuff…in the environment. And then they answer lots of questions,…

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Fool’s Gold from Hydrothermal Vents to Plankton

Dr. M May 15, 2011 carbon cycle Hydrothermal Vent iron nanoparticles phytoplankton plankton production

A nice little paper in Nature Geoscience that helps reconcile iron budgets for the word’s oceans. The hot, mineral rich water that spews from hydrothermal…

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Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Diatoms and X-ray Whosamagidgets

Archie Teuthis January 21, 2011 diatoms forams iron Scientist In Residence

In a recent paper, de Jonge et al used x-ray fluorescence tomography to give us a new perspective on how diatoms put together those phenomenally…

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Iron Fertilization Will Not Help Global Warming

Dr. M March 24, 2009 Alfred Wegener Institute algae copepod Environmental Issues global warming greenhouse gas iron iron fertilization phytoplankton plankton Southern Ocean zooplankton

BERLIN (AFP) — Indian and German scientists have said that a controversial experiment has “dampened hopes” that dumping hundreds of tonnes of dissolved iron in…

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Link Roundup

Dr. M January 15, 2009 Antarctica carbon cycling degree Dumping iron job luxury marine biology reef whales

Here a bunch of bit from around the web I haven’t had time to get to… Best Job in the World? Blogging, living on reef…

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