Collaborative Research: Understanding winter nitrogen cycling across gradients of winter s — NSF Award to University of Massachuse
This project will investigate the cycling of the nutrient element nitrogen in Lake Erie. This study will be the first to comprehensively study the nitrogen cycle throughout the year, including in winter when the lake is covered with ice. Recent work in other lakes suggest that during winter, under-ice processes are imp
| Award title | Collaborative Research: Understanding winter nitrogen cycling across gradients of winter s |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2614055 |
| Awardee | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth |
| City | NORTH DARTMOUTH |
| State | MA |
| Amount obligated | $295,875 |
| Principal investigator | Christopher Ward |
| Program | BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, Chemical Oceanography |
| Start date | 10/01/2025 |
| Abstract | This project will investigate the cycling of the nutrient element nitrogen in Lake Erie. This study will be the first to comprehensively study the nitrogen cycle throughout the year, including in winter when the lake is covered with ice. Recent work in other lakes suggest that during winter, under-ice processes are important in determining the forms of nitrogen available to phytoplankton in spring and summer. A healthy spring bloom of phytoplankton called diatoms, in turn, is important to the la |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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