Quantifying the importance of urea as a nitrogen source to phytoplankton in the North Paci — NSF Award to University of Hawaii (HI
The productivity of ocean regions near Hawai’i and US territories in the Pacific Ocean is controlled by the amount of essential nutrients in seawater. Nutrients are consumed by phytoplankton that form the base of the food web, including fisheries that deliver economic and nutritional benefit to the United States. The n
| Award title | Quantifying the importance of urea as a nitrogen source to phytoplankton in the North Paci |
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| Award ID | 2546978 |
| Awardee | University of Hawaii |
| City | HONOLULU |
| State | HI |
| Amount obligated | $661,926 |
| Principal investigator | Nicholas Hawco |
| Program | Chemical Oceanography |
| Start date | 07/01/2026 |
| Abstract | The productivity of ocean regions near Hawai’i and US territories in the Pacific Ocean is controlled by the amount of essential nutrients in seawater. Nutrients are consumed by phytoplankton that form the base of the food web, including fisheries that deliver economic and nutritional benefit to the United States. The nitrogen-containing molecule urea is an example of a nutrient that is present at very low concentrations and cannot be measured confidently in open ocean waters. This project improv |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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