FeMO3 Dive Cruise 2008
Studying Fe-Oxidizing Microbes on Loihi Seamount -- JASON2 on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson -- TN225

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Jen watches for results in the Hydrolab
Jen and Amanda were performing an experiment using the Glazer lab's electrochemistry probes. The oxidation of iron was monitored in two samples of water, one with iron oxidizing bacteria and one without. More rapid oxidation in the sample with bacteria suggests that the bacteria are responsible.

 
Photographer  Shawn Doan
Region  Hawaiian Islands
Location  R/V Thompson, Loihi Seamount
JASON Dive  J2-365
JASON Event  Unknown
Latitude  Unknown
Longitude  Unknown
Elevation  Unknown
People  Jennifer Murphy
Keywords  Hawaii, Submarine, Volcano, Biogeosciences, Iron-oxidizing microbes, FeMO2008, TN255, R/V Thomas G. Thompson
25 September 2008
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