Design and development of a wireless robotic networked aquatic microbial observing system

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-215

  Sukhatme, Gaurav S ^a   Dhariwal, Amit ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Oberg, Carl ^a   Stauffer, Beth ^b   Caron, David A ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic microbial observing system; Plankton dynamics; Robotic sensor network; Sensor actuator network

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AQUATIC MICROBIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM; PLANKTON DYNAMICS; ROBOTIC SENSOR NETWORK; WIRELESS ROBOTIC NETWORK;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EQUIPMENT; FLUOROMETRY; HYDROGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANKTON; ROBOTIC BOAT; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WIRELESS ROBOTIC NETWORK;

EID: 33846438627     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2006.0046     Document Type: Article

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