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Elemental Oceanography
Elemental Oceanography
at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa
at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa
Metals are a critical resource for life. When abundant, these micronutrients bolster the metabolism of phytoplankton and other ocean microbes.
When absent, they limit growth and shrink ecosystems.
In the Hawco Lab, we examine the invisible processes that deliver essential elements to the ecosystems that need them most, and how life in the oceans have evolved to cope with widespread scarcity of metal micronutrients.