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Potential AUV applications

Application
target cells, size, concentration
investigator
Oligotrophic population dynamics
prochlorococcus; 0.5-0.8 um, 10^4-10^5 cell/ml
syncechococcus; 0.8-1.5 um, 10^3-10^4 cell/ml
eukaryotic ultraphytoplankton; 2-20 um, 10^3-10^4 cell/ml
heterotrophic bacteria; (size?), 10^5-10^6 cells/ml; Hoechst/DNA stain, blue fluorescence, scatter properties
Worden (Binder et al 1996, CANON ocean eddies group)
Coastal population dynamics
cells/particles > 2 um (Chavez)
~10^5 phytoplankton cell/ml (Li and Dickie (2001) Nova Scotia
Ryan, Scholin
Chavez
HAB detection and survey
Pseudo-nitzschia; Width = 2-8um, Length = 40-175um
Washington coast 1998 Pseudo-nitzschia bloom, 18000 cell/ml (Ref)
Washington coast 1997 Pseudo-nitzschia bloom, 13000 cell/ml (Trainer et al 1998)
Gulf of Mexico Karenia bloom: 20-40 um, ~700 cell/ml (Sosik IFCB presentation)
Gulf of Mexico Dinophysis bloom: 20-40 um,  ~300 cell/ml (Sosik IFCB presentation)
Gulf of Maine Alexandrium bloom: 40-50 um, ~5 cell/ml (Sosik IFCB presentation)
Ryan, Scholin (CANON HAB working group,
Sosik Imaging Flow Cytobot presentation)
Polar survey
From Li et al (2009):
Nanophytoplankton: 2-20 um, 450 cell/ml
Picophytoplankton: 0.5-2 um, 2500 cell/ml
Bacterioplankton:  (size?), 2x10^5 cell/ml
Worden, Bellingham (NASA ASTEP proposal)
Smith?



Binder et al_DSR_1996.pdf (application/force-download)
HABWorkingGroupCANONSampling.pdf (application/force-download)
Sosik_HAB_cases_CANON_2010_Workshop.ppt (application/vnd.ms-powerpoint)
OpenOceanEddiesGroup.pdf (application/force-download)
OpenOceanEddiesGroup.pdf (application/force-download)
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