Laboratories

The USGS-St. Petersburg Carbon Analytical Laboratory utilizes state of the art methods and instrumentation for quantifying carbon system parameters in aqueous samples.

The coral microbial ecology group has an active research program identifying and characterizing the microbial associates of both tropical and cold-water (deep-sea) corals and their surrounding habitat. Current projects focus on coral disease dynamics, bacterial diversity, and using metagenomics to elucidate the functional roles of coral microbes.