Phytoplankton Sampling Protocol
Plankton Sampling
- Record - time and speed or walking along boat 5 minutes
- Turn on PlanktoScope
- Wait a minute - connect iPad WIFI to pkscope-chain-drop-38222, password copepode
- Open in browser -pkscope-chain-drop-38222.local
- Fill out sample info then continue
- Optics config. - turn on light, IOS ~150, shutter speed ~125
- Start pump and focus if needed
- Stop pump
- Change unique ID
- Start acquisition - will run for about 30 minutes
Transfer of Images
- Insert USB stick
- Goto system monitoring
- Detect drive
- Backup to drive
After Transferring Images
- Go to Gallery
- Click on img folder
- Delete all files in the img folder
Shut Down
- Home - unlock - shutdown
- Wait 1 minute before powering down planktoscope
Contacts
David Stanhope
stanhope@vims.edu
804-815-5041
Kory Angstadt
kory@vims.edu
804-815-5042