New generation of plankton imaging systems offer flexibility

Adam Greer and his lab member Grace Mann hoist the towed plankton imaging system aboard the R/V Savannah.
Adam Greer (right) and graduate student Grace Mann prepare the towed plankton imaging instrument aboard the R/V Savannah, as Derrick Dozier-Muhammed, principal of Johnson High School, watches. Photo by Jackson K. Schroeder.

A team of researchers led by University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography (SkIO) scientist Adam Greer is using a new generation of modular shadowgraph imaging systems to study plankton, allowing for more versatile and affordable approaches to researching the small, mysterious organisms in a wider range of freshwater and marine environments. 

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