Geobiology
At its broadest definition, Geobiology uses interdisciplinary approaches to investigate interactions between the biosphere and lithosphere or atmosphere. Geobiology projects at WHOI include:
- Protistan and metazoan life in extreme environments (seeps, sulfidic sediments, ice; Bernhard, Edgcomb, Das)
- Protistan-Prokaryote symbioses and potential effects on pore water chemistry (Bernhard, Edgcomb)
- Microbial controls on sediment biogeochemistry (e.g., McCorkle, Bernhard)
- Microbial interactions in sediments (Bernhard)
- Protist / microbial influences on sediment chemistry and fabric (Bernhard)
- Biomineralization (Cohen, Guo, McCorkle, Gaetani, Bernhard)
Researchers