About Mono Lake part of Topics of Interest:Mono Lake
Created by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory Mono Lake, the oldest lake in North America, is naturally hypersaline and alkaline. It is a terminal lake, meaning it has no outlet. Water entering the ...

About Rio Tinto part of Topics of Interest:Rio Tinto
Created by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory ) web site. Spain's Rio Tinto is characterized by deep red water that is highly acidic (pH 1.7â2.5) and rich in heavy metals. Over 5000 years of ...

Special Collections part of Topics of Interest:Special Collections
Microbial Mining: This collection highlights online resources dedicated to microbial mining. Winogradsky Columns: An excellent activity, specifically for grades 5 - 12, used to demonstrate the growth of ...

Yellowstone Thermal Viruses part of Topics of Interest:Yellowstone Thermal Viruses
Created by George Rice, Montana State University Why Viruses in High Temperature Environments Viruses of Archaeal hyper-thermophiles (temperatures in excess of 80oC) are interesting because they can reveal what ...

Topics of Interest part of Topics of Interest
The Topics of Interest, Special Collections, and related Case Studies listed on this page contain basic information as well as collections of general resources (such as news articles, web sites, and reference ...

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone part of Topics of Interest:Dead Zone
Created by Monica Bruckner, Montana State University Where / Causes / Effects / Remediation / Resources What is the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone? The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is an area of hypoxic (less than 2 ppm ...

Yellowstone Bioprospecting part of Topics of Interest:Bioprospecting
Bioprospecting is the search for useful organic compounds in nature, commonly involving the collection and examination of biological samples (plants, animals, microoganisms) for sources of genetic or biochemical ...

Marine Symbiosis part of Topics of Interest:Marine Symbiosis
Created by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory What is Symbiosis? The term symbiosis is used to describe any permanent or long-lasting association between two or more different species of organisms. In ...

Tardigrades part of Topics of Interest:Tardigrade
Created by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory Strange is this little animal, because of its exceptional and strange morphology and because it closely resembles a bear en miniature. That is the reason ...

Squid/Vibrio part of Topics of Interest:Marine Symbiosis
By Tanya Koropatnick Vibrio fischeri - Euprymna scolopes - Symbiont Specificity - Colonization - Morphogenesis - Maintenance - References The symbiont: Vibrio fischeri V. fischeri is a luminous, Gram-negative, ...