CAREER: Species Interactions of Coral Reef Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: Within-Mat Diversi — NSF Award to University of North Caro
Nuisance algal blooms are a massive conservation challenge to global ecosystems. Benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCMs) can be persistent in time and spatially expansive on coral reefs, posing additional environmental threats through physical smothering of and chemical interactions with other reef organisms, including cora
| Award title | CAREER: Species Interactions of Coral Reef Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: Within-Mat Diversi |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2239425 |
| Awardee | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| City | CHAPEL HILL |
| State | NC |
| Amount obligated | $1,321,956 |
| Principal investigator | Sophie McCoy |
| Program | BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, EDUCATION/HUMAN RESOURCES,OCE |
| Start date | 01/15/2023 |
| Abstract | Nuisance algal blooms are a massive conservation challenge to global ecosystems. Benthic cyanobacterial mats (BCMs) can be persistent in time and spatially expansive on coral reefs, posing additional environmental threats through physical smothering of and chemical interactions with other reef organisms, including corals. This research seeks to understand processes that lead to bloom longevity, such as metabolic cooperation between microbial species, and to study natural mechanisms of bloom cont |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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