Automatic identification and enumeration of algae

A good understanding of the population dynamics of algal communities is vital in many ecological and pollution studies of freshwater and oceanic systems. Present methods require manual counting and identification of algae and can take up to 90 min to obtain a statistically reliable count on a complex population. Several alternative techniques to accelerate the process have been tried on marine samples but none have been completely successful because insufficient effort has been put into verifying the technique before field trials. The objective of the present study has been to assess the potential of in vivo fluorescence of algal pigments as a means of automatically identifying algae. For this work total fluorescence spectroscopy was chosen as the observation technique.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Hilton, J., Rigg, E., Jaworski, G.
Format:	monograph biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Freshwater Biological Association 1987
Subjects:	Biology, Ecology, Limnology, Algae, Identification, Methodology, Fluorescence, Fluorescence spectroscopy, England,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/22726
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