Re: Sensors and Zooplankton

G'day guys,

 >Breaking? No. Pushing the performance to
 >the limit? Yes. You must have some really
 >powerful and up-to-date electronics there,
 >the best that money can buy.

You're talking about science funded by the Aussie government so I hardly

think so ;)

 >Or the transducer is on a cable or a
 >towfish... and there probably
 >aren't very many snapping shrimp around.

Well I went and checked up and while there are plenty of snapping shrimp
it 
turns out Tony was partly on the right track. They use a set of sensors 
some ship board some that are lowered to depth and between them they get

stuff sorted....so I was only partially on track vs sensing stuff - told

you I was no engineer!!! Still begs the question of what sensors will be

capable of in space where you've only got back ground radiation and no 
snapping shrimp or thermoclines to deal with ;)

Cheers

Beth