ODIM Brooke Ocean has received an order for the delivery of an ODIM LOPC™ to the Biology Department of Dalhousie University (http://biology.dal.ca). The ODIM LOPC™ will be used by Dr. Tamara Romanuk for measuring detailed size and shape outlines of zooplankton thereby allowing for the compositional structure of communities to be determined (http://ecocomplexity.blogspot.com). It will be used for both preserved and live plankton samples. The resolution was specified to be 40 microns with an average operating profile of 100 microns up to ~5mm (or lower resolution). The ODIM LOPC™ being delivered will function in a laboratory environment for use with a turn-key circulation system in order to analyze both discrete and online (continuous) samples.

The ODIM LOPC™ is the next generation in plankton profiling. The LOPC's high speed processing and improved detection plane provides detection counts at higher resolutions and higher concentrations with lower coincidence. They system can be installed on various towbody scenarios as well as on the ODIM MVP™ multi sensor free fall fish, enabling vertical real-time water column profiling while underway at speeds up to 12 knots.

ODIM BROOKE OCEAN is a subsidiary of ODIM ASA (www.odim.com). ODIM BROOKE OCEAN manufactures advanced data collection systems including: Moving Vessel Profiler (ODIM MVP™), SeaHorse wave-powered profiler, Free Fall Cone Penetrometer (ODIM FFCPT), Laser Optical Plankton Counter (ODIM LOPC) and supplies launch/recovery systems for various payloads including unmanned vehicles, towbodies and oceanographic systems.