show Abstracthide AbstractSamples were collected in October, 2015 as part of a University of Chicago field course, Experimental Biology by the Sea: Marine Microbial Ecology. DNA extracted from the samples served as template for 16s marker gene amplification and sequencing to determine bacterial community composition. Course instructors, Julie A. Huber WHOI, Karl Matlin UChicago, Linda Amaral-Zettler NIOZ.