The Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems (CBIOMES) seeks to develop and apply quantitative models of the structure and function of marine microbial communities at seasonal and basin scales.


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February 2025 CBIOMES e-meeting Niall McGinty (Irwin Group, Dalhousie)

Global variation in zooplankton niche divergence across ocean basins. Please note access to this page is restricted to CBIOMES associates. (more…)

February 2025 CBIOMES e-meeting Peyman Fahimi (Irwin Group, Dalhousie)

Carbon-to-ATP Ratios in Marine Plankton: A First-Principles Perspective. Please note access to this page is restricted to CBIOMES associates. (more…)

Innovative Sequencing Technique Enhances Marine Microbial Research

New method significantly improves the accuracy of measuring cell counts of marine picocyanobacteria, a crucial component of oceanic ecosystems. (more…)

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2025 CBIOMES Workshop on Modeling Primary Production

March 4 – 6, 2025
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Latest Publications

Arianna I. Krinos, Sara K. Shapiro, Weixuan Li, Sheean T. Haley, Sonya T. Dyhrman, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Michael J. Follows, Harriet Alexander (2025), Intraspecific Diversity in Thermal Performance Determines Phytoplankton Ecological Niche, Ecology Letters, doi: 10.1111/ele.70055

Serra‐Pompei, C., & Dutkiewicz, S. (2024), Phytoplankton Chlorophyll trends in the Arctic at the local, regional, and pan‐ Arctic scales (1998–2022), Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2024GL110454

Xuerong Sun, Robert J.W. Brewin, Shubha Sathyendranath et al (2024), Coupling ecological concepts with an ocean-colour model: Parameterisation and forward modelling, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114487

Arianna I. Krinos, Margaret Mars Brisbin, Sarah K. Hu, Natalie R. Cohen, Tatiana A. Rynearson, Michael J. Follows, Frederik Schulz & Harriet Alexander (2024), Missing microbial eukaryotes and misleading meta-omic conclusions, Nature Communications, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52212-w

Justin D. Liefer, Angelicque E. White, Zoe V. Finkel, Andrew J. Irwin, Mathilde Dugenneb, Keisuke Inomura, François Ribalet, E. Virginia Armbrust, David M. Karl, Matthew H. Fyfe, Christopher M. Brown, and Michael J. Follows (2024), Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2404460121

Catherine C. Bannon, Maria A. Soto, Elden Rowland, Nan Chen, Anna Gleason, Emmanuel Devred, Julie LaRoche, Erin M. Bertrand (2024), Production and utilization of pseudocobalamin in marine Synechococcus cultures and communitiesEnvironmental Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16701