Automated counting of phytoplankton by pattern recognition: A comparison with a manual counting method

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 669-681

  Embleton, K V ^a,b   Gibson, C E ^a   Heaney, S I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYTOPLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037792037     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/25.6.669     Document Type: Article

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