Melody Lindsay in the lab (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Melody Lindsay in the lab

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Postdoctoral Scientist Melody Lindsay processes seawater samples to analyze the oxygen consumption mediated by microbial life. Lindsay is part of a recent study published in Nature that suggests a small fraction of microorganisms in the ocean are responsible for most of the consumption of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide there.

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Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

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