PPT-Microbial carbon cycling in the ocean

Lecture 1 The oceans carbon cycle How much carbon is out there and where is it Where does it come from and how does it cycle Lecture 2 Microbial production of dissolved organic matter What. Lake Victoria. Incredible diversity of cichlid fishes.. More than half of the 500 species now endangered.. Nile perch. Increased phytoplankton. Cyanobacteria. Lake Victoria. Algal bloom causes and increasing rate of decomposition as algae die off.. It’s clever entrance and escape . Sarah Woodhouse. The Carbon Cycle. Trees breathe too. Into the Sea. The ocean alone contains 36,000 . giga. tons of carbon mostly in the form of bicarbonate ion which aids in the pH balance. . Carbon Dioxide and our Oceans. What is Ocean Acidification and how does it affect the me?. http://youtu.be/aG3n1fAa7vk. “. Acid Test” 3 Minute intro video clip. OR. . The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) documentary explores ocean acidification, which is challenging marine life on a path not seen for tens of millions of years. The film, featuring Sigourney Weaver, originally aired on Discovery Planet Green.. . BIOLOGY AND . BIOCHEMISTRY. J. O. . Fening. PhD. COURSE OBJECTIVES. Expose students to theoretical and practical concepts of soil microbial flora and fauna . The ecology and role of soil flora and fauna in soil health improvement; . The Biological . Carbon Pump. Coccolithophorres. . Zooplankton. Phytoplankton. Marine Microbes . Shelled Organisms . . Biological Carbon Pump. Is a process by which CO2 in surface ocean water is transformed by ocean organisms into carbon compounds used to build living matter. Physics Today August 2002 30-36. 01/23/15. Mean . D. = 0.4. ‰. Compare 1970 with 1990. Change in profiles of . d. 13C. f. rom 1970 to 1991. Need depth integrated. c. hange in global ocean. d. 13C. ABSTRACT. Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink, therefore increasing soil carbon stability . has implications for atmospheric CO. 2. and climate change. Adding . C to soils from plant residue could increase soil C, however increasing soil C pools requires understanding the response of soil microbes that . Fast . vs. Slow Carbon Cycles. There’s a “Fast” cycle, and a “Slow” cycle. Fast Carbon Cycle. – rapid interchange between . surface ocean. , atmosphere, and top layer of soil and biosphere. Time scales of days to ~decade.. Doney . Woods . Hole . Oceanographic Institution. . Rising Atmospheric CO. 2. IPCC AR5 . WG1 Chap. 6. Doney & . Schimel. Ann. Rev. . Env. . & Res. 2007. Warm . interglacial. Cold . glacial. KEY. Aquatic Science/Earth-Space Science. 1. What is one thing that ocean currents do NOT do?. Moderate climate. Transport pollutants. Form tsunamis. Influence the diversity of life in the ocean. 2. The Global Ocean Conveyor Belt is caused by differences in…. Critical Zone C, N, and P Cycling Unit 6.2 BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING EXAMPLES 1) Carbon Cycle 2) Nitrogen Cycle 3) Phosphorus Cycle 4) CZ Function and Dynamics Carbon Cycle Soil N Cycle Soil P Cycle Peter Thornton, Bill Riley, and the BGC Experiment Team. Science question: What effect does the global phosphorus cycle have on climate-biogeochemistry feedbacks?. Fossil Fuel Emissions & LULCC. Atm CO. IOLOGICALLY INFLUENC ED CORROSION USING CO - CULTURE BIOFILMS A Dissertation by SUSMITHA PURNIMA KOT U Submitted to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies of Texas A&M University in parti Oded Beja. •Introduction. •Syllabus presentation. •What is microbial diversity?. A two-credit course with one hour of lecture and one hour of discussion each week.. The course focuses on the microbial diversity of different environments. .