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Towards Developing Visual Statistical Cues For Biodiversity, Abundance, Biomass Around Mariana Trench In An Embeddable Smart Module, Xiaoyu Li, Shidong Ren, Xue Geng, Hui He, Amaury Lendasse, Rui Nian Jun 2019

Towards Developing Visual Statistical Cues For Biodiversity, Abundance, Biomass Around Mariana Trench In An Embeddable Smart Module, Xiaoyu Li, Shidong Ren, Xue Geng, Hui He, Amaury Lendasse, Rui Nian

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Most Ecosystems in Mariana Trench, Still Remain Unexplored or Poorly Known. Recently, Advanced Underwater Vision Systems, Especially Those Deployed by the Remotely Operated Vehicles (Rov) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), Provide Us More Possibilities to Have a Closer Observation on the Deep-Sea Environments, Communities, Lifestyles, Even Behaviors of the Inhabitants. However, Online Visual Understanding is Still a Big Challenge in These Deepest Spots of the Ocean, Due to the Lack of Prior Knowledge, Poor Visibility, and Dynamic Investigation. in This Paper, We Are Trying to Make a Further Step to Develop Ecological Indicators in an Embeddable Smart Module, Capturing Visual …


Dynamic Growth Rates Of Microbial Populations In Activated Sludge Systems, Peter George Stroot, Pascal E. Saikaly, Daniel B. Oerther Dec 2005

Dynamic Growth Rates Of Microbial Populations In Activated Sludge Systems, Peter George Stroot, Pascal E. Saikaly, Daniel B. Oerther

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Results of mathematical modeling and whole cell 16S ribosomal RNA-targeted fluorescence in situ hybridizations challenge the widely held perception that microbial populations in "steady-state" activated sludge systems share a common net growth rate that is proportional to the inverse of the mean cell residence time. Our results are significant because they encourage bioprocess engineers to appreciate the differences in growth physiology among individual microbial populations in complex mixed microbial communities such as suspended growth activated sludge bioreactor systems.