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)