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    Research Using Bellamare Systems

    Bellamare imaging equipment is trusted by researchers worldwide. The published studies below span across multiple facets of scientific discovery, and they all feature the use of our systems.

    In situ ichthyoplankton imaging system (ISIIS): system design and preliminary results
    RK Cowen, CM Guigand – Limnology and Oceanography …, 2008 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lom.2008.6.126 
    [PDF] An operational in situ ichthyoplankton imaging system (isiis)
    RK Cowen, C Guigand, C Cousin… – OceanObs …, 2009 – oceanobs09.net
    http://www.oceanobs09.net/proceedings/ac/FCXNL-09A02-1749311-1-Cowen%20Written%20AC.pdf
    Edge computing at sea: high-throughput classification of in-situ plankton imagery for adaptive sampling
    MS SchmidD Daprano, MM Damle… – Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 – frontiersin.org
    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1187771/full
    [HTML] End-to-End Segmentation and Classification of Zooplankton Using Shadowgraphy and Convolutional Neural Networks
    A Capalbo, F Letendre, A Langner, A Blackburn… – Sensors, 2026 – mdpi.com
    https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/26/6/1824
    Oceanographic heterogeneity facilitates gelatinous zooplankton niche space and diversity
    AT GreerLM Chiaverano – Limnology and Oceanography …, 2026 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lol2.70083?
    Modular shadowgraph imaging for zooplankton ecological studies in diverse field and mesocosm settings
    AT GreerPI Duffy, TJW Walles… – Limnology and …, 2025 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lom3.10657
    [HTML] Imperfect automatic image classification successfully describes plankton distribution patterns
    R FaillettazM PicheralJY Luo, C Guigand… – Methods in …, 2016 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211122015300177
    In situ imaging across ecosystems to resolve the fine‐scale oceanographic drivers of a globally significant planktonic grazer
    AT GreerMS SchmidPI Duffy… – Limnology and …, 2023 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.12259
    Stratification intensity structures zooplankton functional trait composition in a continental shelf system
    KD AaronAT GreerPI DuffyLM Treible… – ICES Journal of …, 2025 – academic.oup.com
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392725868_Stratification_intensity
    Ecology and behaviour of holoplanktonic scyphomedusae and their interactions with larval and juvenile fishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico
    AT GreerLM ChiaveranoJY Luo… – ICES Journal of …, 2018 – academic.oup.com
    https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/75/2/751/4558893
    In-situ shadowgraph imaging
    AT Greer – Marine Technology Society Journal, 2018 – ingentaconnect.com
    https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/15824/
    Associations between lobster phyllosoma and gelatinous zooplankton in relation to oceanographic properties in the northern Gulf of Mexico
    AT GreerC BriseñoAvena, AL Deary… – Fisheries …, 2017 – Wiley Online Library
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/fog.12228
    Functioning of coastal river-dominated ecosystems and implications for oil spill response: from observations to mechanisms and models
    AT GreerAM ShillerEE HofmannJD Wiggert… – Oceanography, 2018 – JSTOR
    https://tos.org/oceanography/article/functioning-of-coastal-river-dominated
    Paired high‐throughput, in situ imaging and high‐throughput sequencing illuminate acantharian abundance and vertical distribution
    M Mars Brisbin, OD Brunner… – Limnology and …, 2020 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lno.11567
    Salty sensors, fresh ideas: The use of molecular and imaging sensors in understanding plankton dynamics across marine and freshwater ecosystems
    TL SpanbauerC BriseñoAvena… – Limnology and …, 2020 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lol2.10128
    [HTML] Estuarine influence on biogeochemical properties of the Alabama shelf during the fall season
    B DzwonkowskiAT GreerC Briseño-Avena… – Continental Shelf …, 2017 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278434317300389
    Tracking sea surface salinity and dissolved oxygen on a river-influenced, seasonally stratified shelf, Mississippi Bight, northern Gulf of Mexico
    B DzwonkowskiS FournierJT ReagerS Milroy… – Continental Shelf …, 2018 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278434318302760
    Contrasting fine‐scale distributional patterns of zooplankton driven by the formation of a diatom‐dominated thin layer
    AT Greer, AD Boyette, VJ Cruz… – … and Oceanography, 2020 – Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.11450
    Relationships between phytoplankton thin layers and the fine-scale vertical distributions of two trophic levels of zooplankton
    AT GreerRK Cowen, CM Guigand… – Journal of Plankton …, 2013 – academic.oup.com
    https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article-abstract/35/5/939/1538742
    Application of a predator–prey overlap metric to determine the impact of sub-grid scale feeding dynamics on ecosystem productivity
    AT GreerCB Woodson
    https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/73/4/1051/2458966
    In situ observations of fish larvae encased within a pelagic gelatinous matrix
    AT GreerLM Chiaverano, JG Ditty, FJ Hernandez Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2019 • int-res.com
    https://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/articles/meps12916
    Larval fishes utilize Batesian mimicry as a survival strategy in the plankton
    AT GreerCB Woodson, CM Guigand, RK Cowen Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2016•int-res.com
    https://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/articles/meps11751
    [HTML] Fine-scale planktonic habitat partitioning at a shelf-slope front revealed by a high-resolution imaging system
    AT GreerRK Cowen, CM Guigand, JA Hare – Journal of Marine Systems, 2015 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924796314002462
    Examining mesozooplankton patch structure and its implications for trophic interactions in the northern Gulf of Mexico
    AT GreerCB Woodson, CE Smith, CM Guigand, RK Cowen
    https://academic.oup.com/plankt/article-abstract/38/4/1115/2451732
    [HTML] The role of internal waves in larval fish interactions with potential predators and prey
    AT GreerRK Cowen, CM Guigand, JA Hare, D Tang
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079661114000962
    Automated plankton image analysis using convolutional neural networks
    JY LuoJO IrissonB Graham, C Guigand, A Sarafraz, C Mader, RK Cowen Limnology and Oceanography: methods, 2018 • Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lom3.10285
    Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front
    JY Luo, B Grassian, D Tang, JO IrissonAT Greer, CM Guigand, S McClatchieRK Cowen Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2014 • int-res.com
    https://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/articles/meps10908
    Resolution of fine biological structure including small narcomedusae across a front in the Southern California Bight
    S McClatchieR Cowen, K Nieto, A GreerJY Luo, C Guigand, D Demer, D Griffith… Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2012 • Wiley Online Library
    https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2011JC007565
    Acoustic detection of zooplankton diel vertical migration behaviors on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf
    SM ParraAT GreerJW Book, AL Deary, IM Soto, C Culpepper, FJ HernandezTN Miles Limnology and Oceanography, 2019 • Wiley Online Library
    https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.11171
    Prey and predator overlap at the edge of a mesoscale eddy: fine-scale, in-situ distributions to inform our understanding of oceanographic processes
    MS SchmidRK CowenK RobinsonJY LuoC Briseño-AvenaS Sponaugle Scientific Reports, 2020 • nature.com
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-57879-x
    Across-shore variability in plankton layering and abundance associated with physical forcing in Monterey Bay, California
    JC Sevadjian, MA McManus, J Ryan, AT Greer… – Continental shelf …, 2014 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0278434313003142
    [HTML] Hidden thin layers of toxic diatoms in a coastal bay
    AHV TimmermanMA McManusOM Cheriton… – Deep Sea Research …, 2014 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S096706451300221X
    Observed and modeled larval settlement of a reef fish to the Florida Keys
    S SponaugleC ParisKD Walter… – Marine Ecology …, 2012 – int-res.com
    https://www.int-res.com/journals/meps/articles/meps09641
    A tale of two crowds: public engagement in plankton classification
    KL RobinsonJY LuoS Sponaugle, C Guigand, RK Cowen – Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017•frontiersin.org
    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00082/full
    [PDF] Surface Water Droplet Size Distribution Instrument Laboratory Validation, Tank Deployment, and Field Evaluation. Sterling (VA): US Department of the Interior …
    MC BoufadelW JiZ QuR Liu – Contract, 2024 – bsee.gov
    https://www.bsee.gov/sites/bsee.gov/files/2025-11/1156-0_Surface%
    Construction of a remotely operated catamaran with acoustic system for observations of fish response to bottom trawls
    L Dawson, A De RobertisK WilliamsS Kotwicki, L Britt… – 2022 – repository.library.noaa.gov
    https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/38940
    [PDF] Spatial and vertical bias in down-looking ship-based acoustic estimates of fish density in Lake Superior: Lessons learned from multi-directional acoustics
    Ryan C. Grow, Thomas R. Hrabik a, Daniel L. Yule b, Bryan G. Matthias, Jared T. Myers, Chad Abel
    https://www.elsevier.com/
    A biodegradable surface drifter for ocean sampling on a massive scale
    G Novelli, CM Guigand, C Cousin, EH Ryan, NJM Laxague, H Dai, BK Haus, TM Özgökmen Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2017 • journals.ametsoc.org
    https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/34/11/jtech-d-17-0055.1.xml
    Experimental investigation of oil droplet size distribution in underwater oil and oil-air jet
    R Liu, C Daskiran, F Cui, W Ji, L Zhao, B Robinson, T King, K Lee, MC Boufadel Marine Technology Society Journal, 2021 • ingentaconnect.com
    https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mts/mtsj/2021/00000055/00000005/art00018
    Estimation of overall droplet size distribution from a local droplet size distribution for a jet in crossflow: Experiment and multiphase large eddy simulations
    Daskiran, C., Liu, R., Lee, K., Katz, J., & Boufadel, M. C.- International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 156, 104205, 2022 – Elsevier
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301932222001847
    Surface Water Droplet Size Distribution Instrument Laboratory Validation, Tank Deployment, and Field Evaluation. Sterling (VA): US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
    Boufadel, M.C., Ji, W., Qu, Z., and Liu, R. (NJIT, Newark NJ), 2024.  63 p. Contract No: 140E0123C0007.
    https://doi.org/10.70149/0000001156
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