Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Research Departments (continued):
WHOI
biologists study organisms from the smallest scale (marine
viruses and bacteria) to the largest (whales). At each of
these levels Department members address questions from genetic
make-up and biochemistry to population structure and ecology.
Aspects of oceanic life are investigated using powerful
techniques of molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology,
sophisticated acoustic and optical methods, and informatics
applied to modeling molecular, behavioral and population
structures.
Researchers examine bacterial
colonies used to clone fish genes that play a role in determining
susceptibility to toxic chemicals. Samples are being prepared
for DNA sequencing. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst)
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Biology Department
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Deep sea amphipod (photo by L.Madin)
WHOI
biological scientists and oceanographers study the
biology of individual marine organisms, their spatial
and temporal distributions, and how they interact
both with their surrounding environment and with
each other. |
Special strengths in the department include the ecology
and physiology of microbes, bio-optical studies
of phytoplankton, advanced optical and acoustic
techniques for zooplankton distribution and behavior,
the ecology, behavior, development and genetic history
of invertebrates, mathematical analysis and computer
modeling of life history, population dynamics and
physical-biological interactions, toxicological
and molecular biological research on pollution effects
in the sea, and acoustical, anatomical and behavioral
studies of marine mammals.
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