The Johnson Lab returned from the a successful POWOW#2 Cruise. We traveled more than 5000 miles in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and dodged many major storms! The primary goal of this cruise was to measure the abundance, diversity and activity of Prochlorococcus and associated bacterial and viral communities across […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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The Johnson Lab of the Duke Marine Laboratory is leading an open ocean expedition from Honolulu, Hawaii to the North Pacific Ocean from Jan 10 to Feb 7, 2012 aboard the Kilo Moana a major research vessel of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of the research cruise is […]
Marine phytoplankton have conserved elemental stoichiometry, but there can be significant deviations from this Redfield ratio. Moreover, phytoplankton allocate reduced carbon to different biochemical pools based on nutritional status and light availability, adding complexity to this relationship. This allocation influences physiology, ecology and biogeochemistry. Here we present results on the […]