The Ecosystems Center
"The Ecosystems Center was founded four decades ago to investigate the structure and functioning of ecological systems and to predict their response to changing environmental conditions. At that time the changing global carbon cycle was just becoming recognized as an urgent environmental issue and became one of the focal points for research at the Center."
--Anne Giblin, Ecosystems Center Director
In the News
Edgartown Great Pond Partners with MBL | The Martha's Vineyard Times
By Brian Dowd
The Edgartown Great Pond Foundation (GPF) is teaming up with the Woods Hole-based Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) to support the foundation’s ecosystem monitoring program at...
Wetlands and the MBL | The Well
February 2 is World Wetlands Day—a day to raise awareness about the role wetlands play in the health of ecosystems around the world. At the Marine Biological Laboratory, scientists at our...
Seasons of the Microbiome Over the Amazon Rainforest | The Well
One may not think of the Earth’s atmosphere as “inhabited,” but it holds a multitude of suspended, biological particles (bioaerosols) that originate from bacteria, fungi, algae, plants and...
Not All Nitrogen is Created Equal: A Long-Term Study from a New England Salt Marsh | The Well
In a study published this week, scientists including MBL Ecosystems Center Director Anne Giblin reveal that different forms of nitrogen have different impacts on a salt marsh ecosystem. The study,...