Clarity for specifics on the assignment of L05 term to Underwater Vision Profilers about l05 HOT 6 CLOSED

I would prefer not to narrow the semantics of an L05 preferred label so adding 'optical' isn't a good idea. As soon as we put optical in there somebody will come up with an acoustic plankton counter!!

I would probably leave the label as is or if a change is really felt to be necessary I'd obviously broaden the semantics such as 'plankton categorisers and counters'

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Hello @ssmosstee, because the UVP's design is optimised to target plankton samples in situ, I would recommend using SDN::L05::352 - plankton counters. It is defined as "Instruments that categorise and count plankton in the water column." which seems to fit the UVP perfectly. Strangely enough we do not yet have any instrument models linked to this category in L22.

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Agree 352 is the way to go. One thought. The instrument seems to categorise the plankton but not count them. Maybe broaden the definition of 352 to 'Instruments that categorise and/or count plankton in the water column.' ?

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Thanks very much @gwemon, @roy-lowry for clearing things up on my end!

I had a similar discussion with my colleague at Ocean Networks Canada about the L22 mapping of the UVP and she might include a request with her next batch of suggestions. Our particular model is from Hydroptic and I think it is one of the more popular models - often featured in papers

I agree that perhaps the plankton counter term could be expanded to include a more encompassing group of instruments. For example, there are camera systems that take images of plankton for counting, categorization, and 2D/3D spatial reconstruction for volumetric measurements.

Thanks again. :)

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@ssmosstee @roy-lowry In your views, is it sufficient to make the change to the description field or do we need to review the preferred label too? What could be a collective name for the instruments you mention above? Optical plankton analysers?

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Taking into account the above, we have updated the preferred label for 352:
'plankton categorisers and counters'

And description:
'Instruments that categorise and/or count plankton, and/or enable 2D/3D spatial reconstruction of plankton in the water column.'

Many thanks!

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