FeMO2 Dive Cruise 2007
Studying Fe-Oxidizing Microbes on Loihi Seamount -- JASON2 on the R/V Kilo Moana -- KM0719

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Rick in the RadVan
Rick uses C-14 as a very sensitive way to measure how much inorganic carbon (such as CO2) the iron oxidizing microbes convert into organic molecules (such as carbohydrates). This conversion from inorganic carbon to organic carbon molecules is called carbon fixation.

 
Photographer  Shawn Doan
Region  Hawaiian Islands
Location  Loihi Seamount
JASON Dive  Unknown
JASON Event  Unknown
Latitude  Unknown
Longitude  Unknown
Elevation  Unknown
People  Rick Davis
Keywords  Hawaii, Submarine, Volcano, Biogeosciences, Iron-oxidizing microbes, FeMO2007, KM0719, R/V Kilo Moana
22 October 2007
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