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November 14, 2018
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Research, Big Data & Machine Learning
Mussels have a signature response when exposed to toxins. This sensor reads shell movement 10 times a second. (Steve Berry/CBC)
A project led by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Cooke Seafood and Dalhousie is using sophisticated sensors to convert a mussel's distinctive behaviour when exposed to stressors into an early detector of toxic algae. This is one of the first projects DeepSense, hosted in the Faculty, will work on.
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