Tag Archives: phytoplankton

BEACON Researchers at Work: Coping with Variable Environments

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Colin Kremer.  Imagine for a moment that you are a plant, animal, or microbe. Chances are good that the environment you live in (desert, forest, grassland, lake, even … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Nutrition limitation's role in phytoplankton evolution

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Megan Larsen. We all know that the world is more complex than the simplified systems and questions we use in laboratories. And yet, as scientists we have … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Effects of rising temperatures on marine phytoplankton

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Mridul Thomas. Every day, a staggering quantity of carbon is drawn out of the atmosphere into the oceans as a result of the silent actions of massive numbers … Continue reading →

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