Editorial, J Mar Biol Oceanogr Vol: 1 Issue: 2
Toward an Adaptive Sampling Strategy to Understand the Sensitivity of Biogeochemical Province Boundaries to Climate Change
| Francois Ribalet* |
| Armbrust Lab, University of Washington, USA |
| Corresponding author : Francois Ribalet Armbrust Lab, University of Washington, USA E-mail: ribalet@uw.edu |
| Received: December 12, 2012 Accepted: December 12, 2012 Published: December 17, 2012 |
| Citation: Williams AB, Ayejuyo OO, Unyimadu JP (2013) Distribution of Chlorinated Pesticides in Shellfishes from Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria. Mol Med Ther 1:1 doi:10.4172/2324-8661.1000e106 |
Abstract
Toward an Adaptive Sampling Strategy to Understand the Sensitivity of Biogeochemical Province Boundaries to Climate Change
Over the last three decades, extensive oceanographic surveys have been conducted to improve the understanding of large-scale circulation and biogeochemical cycles in the marine environment. The World Ocean Circulation Experiment, the Joint Global Ocean Flux and GEOTRACES programs, along with many other studies, demonstrate that microbial communities drive the biogeochemical cycling of the major elements (e.g., C, N, P, S) on our planet. The results of these studies indicate that marine microbes generate and recycle about half of the organic carbon produced on Earth and carry out all nitrogen fixation, ammonia oxidation, denitrification, sulfur reduction/oxidation, and mediate the distribution and speciation of bioactive metals within the oceans.
