Members of the Johnson Lab headed to Pivers Island dock to participate in 
Ocean Sampling Day on the summer solstice again this year. The Johnson Lab and the Hunt Lab at DUML were one of the 185 marine research sites from around the world that registered for Ocean Sampling Day 2014. Researchers provided data and samples to the organization Micro B3 for measuring patterns of marine microbial diversity. In addition to our weekly sampling of environmental characteristics for the PICO time-series, we filtered water for DNA samples that will be sent to Micro B3 for DNA sequencing for bacterial diversity. Ocean Sampling Day also included a citizen science project in which the general public could enter data, such as water temperature and pH, on the Micro B3 website or via a smartphone app. The Johnson Lab took Ocean Sampling as an opportunity to join this conversation online and post our first tweet.
