Zooplankton is a key element in aquatic food webs. Rapid mapping of abundance,
combined with information on taxonomic and size composition is necessary to understand …

Zooplankton play vital ecological roles that maintain aquatic ecosystems. Imaging
instruments have enabled in situ observations of these organisms that can be automated …

A fundamental problem in limnology and oceanography is the inability to measure the
taxonomic composition of plankton quickly over a broad range of scales. Traditional …

In the past several years, the capabilities of optical tools and in situ imaging devices have
greatly expanded and are now revolutionizing the field of plankton research. These tools …

Silhouette photography (Ortner et al., 1979) was the first attempt to create a permanent
record of the contents of a plankton sample collected with a net in the form of a contact print …

Various iterations of shadowgraph imaging have been used to quantify zooplankton in situ
with high spatial resolution. Because these systems can image relatively large volumes of …

Plankton imaging systems are capable of providing fine-scale observations that enhance
our understanding of key physical and biological processes. However, processing the large …

Abstract The Dual Scripps Plankton Camera (DSPC) is a new approach for automated in-
situ monitoring of phyto-and zooplankton communities based on a dual magnification dark …

The large data sets provided by in situ optical microscopes are allowing us to answer
longstanding questions about the dynamics of planktonic ecosystems. To deal with the influx …

Zooplankton are fundamental to aquatic ecosystem services such as carbon and nutrient
cycling. Therefore, a robust evidence base of how zooplankton respond to changes in …