Original Articles

HAB Buoy: a new instrument for in situ monitoring and early warning of harmful algal bloom events

Published in: African Journal of Marine Science
Volume 28 , issue 2 : SPECIAL ISSUE: Harmful Algae 2004 , 2006 , pages: 245–250

DOI: 10.2989/18142320609504156

Author(s): PF Culverhouse , R Williams , B Simpson , C Gallienne , B Reguera , M Cabrini , S Fonda-Umani , T Parisini , FA Pellegrino , Y Pazos , H Wang , L Escalera , A Moroño , M Hensey , J Silke , A Pellegrini , D Thomas , D James , MA Longa , S Kennedy , G del Punta

Keywords: AUTOMATIC PLANKTON IDENTIFICATION , HAB MONITORING

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Abstract

A new microplankton imaging and analysis instrument, HAB Buoy, is described. It integrates a high-speed camera for in-flow image acquisition with automatic specimen labelling software, known as DiCANN (Dinoflagellate Categorisation by Artificial Neural Network). Some preliminary results are presented together with a rationale for its use.

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