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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The Hidden Dominance of Slow-Growing Bacteria
A new study reveals that microbial ecosystems may be shaped less by fast-growing opportunists than by slow-growing organisms adapted to survive and persist. (more…)
Feast, Famine, and Phosphorus in the Open Ocean
A new CBIOMES study shows that phosphorus availability can dramatically reshape the chemistry of Crocosphaera, a key nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium, with implications for nutrient cycling across the global ocean. (more…)
Beyond Critical Depth: New Ways to Think About Ocean Productivity
Ocean productivity depends on a delicate balance of competing forces. New research reveals how feedbacks, thresholds, and resource trade-offs combine to shape the growth of phytoplankton, the microscopic plants that...
Latest Publications
Ashley N. Bulseco, Wenzhuo Yang, Julie A. Huber, Joseph J. Vallino (2026), Growth characteristics of natural microbial populations are skewed toward bacteria with low specific growth rates, Microbiology Spectrum, doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02193-26
Davor Mance, Diana Mance, Žarko Kovač, Shubha Sathyendranath, Anja Kovač (2026), The production-function structure of marine primary-production models: Marginal products, elasticities, and light–nutrient trade-offs, Journal of Marine Systems, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2026.104275
Sing-how Tuo, Ying-Yu Hu, Andrew J. Irwin, Michael J. Follows, Zoe V. Finkel (2026), Phosphate modulates elemental and macromolecular composition of unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.70475
Alexandra E. Jones-Kellett, Jesse C. McNichol, Yubin Raut, Jed A. Fuhrman, and Michael J. Follows (2026), The dynamic mesoscale sink and source niches for eukaryotic phytoplankton in a subtropical gyre, PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2608700123?af=R