BIOS-SCOPE

BIOS-SCOPE is a five year, multi-institutional research program for the study of microbial oceanography in the North Atlantic Ocean, with fieldwork centered near the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site. Established in 2015, the underlying objective of this project is to cultivate cross-disciplinary collaborations that utilize a broad suite of scientific approaches, integrating genomic data with field measurements to evaluate marine microbial communities and their influence on biogeochemical cycles in the ocean.

Within the scope of this program, the Carlson Lab at UCSB is focused on microbial processing and response to dissolved organic matter variability.

Affiliated Researchers

Craig Carlson

Professor
Studies the interaction between microbes and the biogeochemical processing of marine organic matter.
BIOS-SCOPE
Coastal Oceanography
Microbial Ecology and Coral Reefs
NASA EXPORTS
NASA NAAMES
US GO-SHIP
Project ACIDD

Shuting Liu

Postdoctoral Researcher
Microbial degradation and transformation of DOM in seawater.

Elisa Halewood

Specialist/Laboratory Manager
Responsible for curating DOM and microbial datasets, overseeing day-to-day operations in the lab, and facilitating fieldwork on the variety of projects ongoing in our lab group.
NASA EXPORTS
BIOS-SCOPE
NASA NAAMES
US GO-SHIP
Coastal Oceanography
Microbial Ecology and Coral Reefs

Keri Opalk

Lab Technician
Responsible for the collection and analysis of dissolved organic matter from a number of coastal and open ocean sites, including participation in the US CLIVAR Repeat Hydrography Program.
  • view of the A-frame on the vessel stern
  • R/V Atlantic Explorer at BIOS
  • Sargasso Sea waves
  • Carlson Lab members at work in the on-board lab
  • Science Team - 2022 Summer Research Cruise in Bermuda
  • Preparing pumps for deployment on the deck of the R/V Atlantic Explorer
  • View over the ctd