A time-series study of plankton and particle abundance in a Brazilian coastal area using a novel in situ optical system and automatic image classification tools

Alessandra Simoes Gomes, University of Sao Paulo, Biological Oceanography, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Leandro Ticlia de la Cruz, University of Sao Paulo, Department of Biological Oceanography, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Rubens Mendes Lopes, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Oceanografia Biológica, Sao Paulo, Brazil