molluSCAN has developed a system that precisely monitors the shell movement of bivalve shellfish – oysters, mussels, etc to infer local water quality. They do this by attaching pairs of proprietary wired electro-magnetic sensors to up to 16 bivalves. Each wire pair is connected to a nearby submerged hub which provides power, data logging and wireless data transmission. Collected data is regularly uploaded wirelessly to a second unit that can be up to ~200 meters away.
This data can then be processed and evaluated. molluSCAN researchers have studied target species all over the world so when their behaviors are monitored, water quality levels and changes can be determined. And of course AI techniques are applied to data sets to provide even more information. Mollusc behavior can be altered by very small changes in water quality so very early notification is possible.
The molluSCAN system not only measures when and how fast the shells open and close, it can also measure daily growth rate as shell thickness and volume increase. molluSCAN developed both the sensors and the adhesive which is applied while submerged. It is important that the installation and monitoring is non-intrusive or the behavior monitoring quality will be distorted.
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