Projects

MSU Award Number

361474-191001-021000

Current NGI File Number

21-NGI4-02

Associated MSU Award or NGI File Numbers

N/A

Start Date

10/1/2021

End Date

2022-9-30 0:0:0

Project Status

Active

Award Amount

$24,683.00

Project Title

Bringing Environmental Monitoring to the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) or eDNA on GO-SHIP

PI Last Name

Thompson

PI First Name

Luke

PI Affiliation

MSU

Research Theme

Climate Effects CE

Funding Source

OAR

Project Description

Biogeochemical fluxes in the ocean are linked to microbial diversity, and researchers are seeking to better understand that relationship by collaborating with the Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP). GO-SHIP is an ocean and climate observing system aimed at producing a high-resolution picture of ocean conditions and quantifying ocean and climate dynamics. During the 2022 GO-SHIP, they will provide shipboard scientific personnel and perform additional analyses on the collected DNA (from plankton, microorganisms, metazoans, and fish), including DNA metabarcoding to sequence bacteria and protists (16S/18S rRNA gene) and fish environmental DNA (mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene). After metabarcoding and sequencing are completed, they will analyze sequence data in combination with the metagenomic, physical, and chemical data from the GO-SHIP collaborators.