FLA-PS, which stands for Fluorescent Labelled Polysaccharides, is a technique that allows researchers to observe how microbes break down complex organic molecules in natural environments and helps connect small-scale microbial activity with global ecosystem...
In today’s lesson, we learned how closely marine microbes, phytoplankton, and complex carbohydrates called glycans are connected to the global carbon cycle. Phytoplankton produce organic carbon through photosynthesis, which peaks during seasonal phytoplankton...
Many ecological processes happen in places humans cannot easily observe, such as the deep sea, the Arctic, or microscopic plankton communities. Therefore, modern ecology depends on imaging techniques such as cameras, sonar systems, drones and automated microscopes,...
