Broad‐scale applications of the Raspberry Pi: A review and guide for biologists

JW Jolles - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The field of biology has seen tremendous technological progress in recent years, fuelled by
the exponential growth in processing power and high‐level computing, and the rise of global …

Marine citizen science: Current state in Europe and new technological developments

C Garcia-Soto, JJC Seys, O Zielinski… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Marine citizen science is emerging with promising opportunities for science, policy and
public but there is still no comprehensive overview of the current state in Europe. Based on …

Squid: simplifying quantitative imaging platform development and deployment

H Li, D Krishnamurthy, E Li, P Vyas, N Akireddy, C Chai… - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
With rapid developments in microscopy methods, highly versatile, robust and affordable
implementations are needed to enable rapid and wide adoption by the biological sciences …

A portable cruising speed net: Expanding global collection of sea surface plankton data

U Von Ammon, A Jeffs, A Zaiko… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Plankton are central to planetary ecology, generating 50% of Earth's atmospheric oxygen
and forming the largest system of interconnected life at the base of the marine food chain …

Imaging technologies build capacity and accessibility in phytoplankton species identification expertise for research and monitoring: lessons learned during the COVID …

S Clayton, L Gibala-Smith, K Mogatas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As primary producers, phytoplankton play an integral role in global biogeochemical cycles
through their production of oxygen and fixation of carbon. They also provide significant …

Coupling Imaging and Omics in Plankton Surveys: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Future Directions

JJ Pierella Karlusich, F Lombard, JO Irisson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A major challenge in characterizing plankton communities is the collection, identification and
quantification of samples in a time-efficient way. The classical manual microscopy counts …

The power in your pocket–uncover smartphones for use as cutting-edge microscopic instruments in science and research

H Wang, R Heintzmann, B Diederich - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Since the development of the first light microscope over 400 years ago, the technology has
continuously evolved and established itself as a powerful tool, especially in biology …

Coupling Imaging and Omics in Plankton Surveys: State-of-the-Art, Challenges, and Future Directions

JJP Karlusich, F Lombard, JO Irisson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - hal.science
A major challenge in characterizing plankton communities is the collection, identification and
quantification of samples in a time-efficient way. The classical manual microscopy counts …

[HTML][HTML] Basin-scale underway quantitative survey of surface microplankton using affordable collection and imaging tools deployed from Tara

Z Mériguet, A Oddone, D Le Guen, T Pollina… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
World ocean plankton quantitative biodiversity data are still severely limited due to the high
cost and logistical constraints associated to oceanographic vessels and collection/analytic …

A workflow for low-cost automated image analysis of myxomycete spore numbers, size and shape

J Woyzichovski, O Shchepin, NH Dagamac… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Measuring spore size is a standard method for the description of fungal taxa, but in manual
microscopic analyses the number of spores that can be measured and information on their …