Flathead Lake Biological Station embarking on an ocean study
Matthew Church, a microbial ecologist and professor with the University of Montana's Division of Biological Sciences at Flathead Lake Biological Station, tosses a plankton net into Flathead Lake's Yellow Bay on Tuesday, July 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
The Flathead Lake Biological Station is leading an international team of biologists on a new research project, trading cool, blue mountain watersheds for the open ocean.
The project, dubbed SUBSEA but officially called the Subtropical Underwater Biogeochemistry and Subsurface Export Alliance, will receive $9.5 million over five years to study ocean carbon cycling and ecosystem reliance.
It is one of five projects to receive funding this year through the Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute and the Schmidt Ocean Institute, philanthropic organizations committed to ocean data collection.
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