Participants

Peter Lavrentyev and Joel Duff

University of Akron

Department of Biology 

David Klarer,

Old Woman Creek NERR

Frank Jochem

Florida International University

Marine Biology Program 

Wayne Gardner and Mark McCarthy

University of Texas at Austin

Marine Science Institute

UA students:

Ken Moats (MS candidate)

Hope Ball (MS candidate)
Laurie Kay (Undergraduate, Honors College)

 Acknowledgement: The National Science Foundation Microbial Observatories Program (grant # 0239997) supported this study.  We thank Francisco Moore, Hank Vanderploeg, Dave Fanslow, and the OWC NERR staff for logistical support.