Microbial Regulation of Greenhouse Gas N2O Emission from Intertidal Oyster Reefs – Funded through NSF Grant
This project aims to quantify N2O fluxes and understand the regulatory factors of N2O emissions from oyster reefs. Sedimentary N processes in oyster reefs will also be examined to develop an oyster reef N model to predict and estimate N2O emission under varying conditions of water quality. The goal is to estimate potential N2O and N2 fluxes from oysters and determine the environmental conditions affecting oyster N2O production; define the microbial pathway responsible for oyster N2O production; estimate N2O emission and examine sedimentary N processes in oyster reefs subject to different water quality; and model the importance of oyster-mediated N cycling via N2O and N2 fluxes at the system level and assess the relative trade-offs associated with oyster restoration
