Primary Recipient

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Amount

$270,972.00

Award Date

8/10/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Microbial mats are conspicuous components of many benthic marine and aquatic settings. A subset of these microbial mats binds sediments to form potentiall