State-of-the-art tool for digitization, image analysis and archiving of zooplankton and ichthyoplankton samples

用于浮游动物和浮游鱼类样本数字化、图像分析和存档的最先进工具

• 批准号: 375852-2009
• 负责人: Deibel, Donald
• 金额: $ 2.05万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=412242
• 关键词: State; art; tool; digitization; image

Funds are requested for the purchase of a ZooSCAN imaging system for aquatic ecology. ZooSCAN is a state-of-the-art tool for modern plankton ecology, which essentially takes a photo copy of preserved biological samples. The digital images can then be automatically analyzed with ZooSCAN software to determine the size of the organisms in the sample as well as their taxonomic identity. ZooSCAN is useful for a broad range of plankton organisms, from the small larval stages of copepods only 0.2 mm in size up to fish eggs and larvae several cm in size. Because ZooSCAN is completely objective and repeatable, it overcomes human error in conventional plankton counting. In addition, ZooSCAN images provide a permanent archive of the plankton samples, making the storage of large volumes of preserved samples unnecessary. ZooSCAN is presently being used in 20 countries.

请拨资金购买水生生态ZooSCAN成像系统。ZooSCAN是现代浮游生物生态学最先进的工具，它基本上是对保存下来的生物样本进行照片复制。然后，可以使用ZooSCAN软件自动分析数字图像，以确定样本中生物的大小以及它们的分类身份。ZooSCAN适用于范围广泛的浮游生物，从只有0.2毫米大小的桡足类小幼虫阶段到几厘米大小的鱼卵和幼虫。由于ZooSCAN是完全客观和可重复的，它克服了传统浮游生物计数中的人为错误。此外，ZooSCAN图像提供了浮游生物样本的永久档案，使得没有必要存储大量保存的样本。ZooSCAN目前正在20个国家和地区使用。