Airborne microorganisms in the marine environment, also termed marine bioaerosols, can originate from local emissions, or imported from other environments, crossing long distances.
Air sampler on board the Thompson RV, Dec 2021
They are important players in ecological processes, global biogeochemical cycling, human and crop health trends, and climate patterns.
We wish to learn more about their environmental impact by exploring their metabolic functionality, and survivability.
We further wish to understand the basic mechanism of their emission from the ocean to the atmosphere.
