Dr. Alyson Santoro
Assistant Professor, UCSB, EEMB
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Nitrification as a window on the mesopelagic
Tuesday, October 7
12 PM
AHF 153 (Torrey Webb Room)
Abstract: The mesopelagic ocean--often called the “twilight zone”--is a critical area for the microbial processing of sinking organic matter. Our lab studies some of the most abundant members of the mesopelagic microbial community, the ammonia-oxidizing archaea and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria. Together, these organisms carry out the biogeochemical process of nitrification and are responsible for producing the vast deep ocean nitrate reservoir. They also play an underappreciated role in carbon and trace metal cycling. My talk will describe combining laboratory cultures with field rate measurements to understand the critical role of nitrifiers in the intertwined geochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and trace metals in the dark ocean.
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