Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana
Research and Funding Research Projects
Impact of taxonomic and genetic diversity on dissolved organic carbon uptake by bacterial communities
Major Goals and Objectives
- Determine how Lake Michigan microbial communities compare between near- to offshore sites and sites experiencing different nutrient inputs
- Evaluate which organisms are breaking down and assimilating various dissolved organic matter sources
- Determine how the response to a dissolved organic matter pulse is transmitted through the community over time
Research Information
Principal Investigator:
Rachel Poretsky
Rachel Poretsky
Initiation Date:
2014
2014
Completion Date:
2015
2015
Affiliation:
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois Chicago
Our Work
Contacts
Rachel Poretsky
microbe@uic.edu
microbe@uic.edu