From June 28th to July 10th, 2021, a team of 24 scientists embarked on an important research cruise to the Pearl River Estuary and the South China Sea. The expedition was fully supported by the Hong Kong Branch (HKB) of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou).
The research team, comprising experts from the HKB’s area 1 and the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, conducted extensive studies during their two-week journey. Among the dedicated researchers were Yangbing and Wenqian, who focused on an intriguing aspect of marine microbiology.
Yangbing and Wenqian’s project involved studying the diel cycle of microbial and viral communities across a range of water types, from estuarine to oceanic. This required tireless effort as they filtered numerous water samples throughout the cruise.
