Development of an automated algorithm for tracking and quantifying Barnacle cyprid settlement behavior

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 410, Issue , 2011, Pages 21-28

  Pradhan, Ninad N ^a   Gohad, Neeraj V ^a   Orihuela, Beatriz ^b   Burg, Timothy C ^a   Birchfield, Stanley T ^a   Rittschof, Dan ^b   Mount, Andrew S ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifouling; Automated tracking algorithm; Balanus amphitrite; Cyprid exploratory behavior; Cyprid settlement assay; Cyprid video tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTIFOULING; AUTOMATION; COATING; COMPUTER; CYPRINID; ERROR ANALYSIS; KALMAN FILTER; LARVA; LIGAND; PIXEL; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRACKING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

BALANUS AMPHITRITE; CYPRIDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; THORACICA;

EID: 82955248115     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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