Development of Optics to Quantify Organisms in Ballast Water
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Purpose

Propose a 3-year project to research and develop instrumentation that monitors ballast water and measures whether or not it adheres to the international regulations.

Objective

Specifically, we will develop technology which results in fair estimates of the number of particles suspended in a cubic meter/milliliter of water and the amount of viable ones among them. We will investigate technologies which will separate the viable organisms >50 ?m from the water. Ground-proofing will be in cooperation with The Port of Milwaukee and the outreach program with Discovery World in Milwaukee.

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Propose a 3-year project to research and develop instrumentation that monitors ballast water and measures whether or not it adheres to the international regulations.
 
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