We are interested in biogeochemical cycles and in microbially-mediated processes in aquatic ecosystems (both freshwater and marine). Mainly, we are interested in the regulation of microbial metabolism and its interaction to energy flow and carbon cycling in tropical (low latitude) environments. The main question we are investigating now is why microbial metabolism is so high and inefficient in tropical ecosystems and whether or not and how this relates to high CO2 emission rates form these lakes. We are also interested in how future scenarios of climate changes might affect the relationship between bacteria and nutrients. We are currently working this issues in coastal humid lakes, man-made reservoirs in the semiarid region in Northeastern Brazil, tanks of Bromeliad and in the Atlantic Ocean.
This research group was created in 2008 by Dr. André Megali Amado, inserted in the Aquatic Ecology Group. This laboratory has been dedicated to the study of general limnology, aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles since then.
Contacts:
Phone: 55+84+ 3342-4965
e-mail: [email protected]
Address:
Via Costeira Senador Dinarte Medeiros Mariz S/N; Praia de Mãe Luiza
Zip: 59014-002, Natal - RN - Brazil.
Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Language Revision:
Bruna Q. Vargas
This research group was created in 2008 by Dr. André Megali Amado, inserted in the Aquatic Ecology Group. This laboratory has been dedicated to the study of general limnology, aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles since then.
Contacts:
Phone: 55+84+ 3342-4965
e-mail: [email protected]
Address:
Via Costeira Senador Dinarte Medeiros Mariz S/N; Praia de Mãe Luiza
Zip: 59014-002, Natal - RN - Brazil.
Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Language Revision:
Bruna Q. Vargas