Do experts make mistakes? A comparison of human and machine identification of dinoflagellates

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-25

  Culverhouse, Phil F ^a   Williams, Robert ^b   Reguera, Beatriz ^c   Herry, Vincent ^a   González Gil, Sonsoles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Categorisation; Classification; Expert judgement; HAB dinoflagellates; Marine ecology; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0037418142     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247017     Document Type: Article

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