Identification of living (Rose Bengal)-stained benthic foraminifera using automated image recognition

Walla, Tobias; Barras, Christine; Geslin, Emmanuelle; Godbillot, Camille; Lanoy, Louis; Marchant, Ross; Dissard, Delphine; de Garidel-Thoron, Thibault

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Identification of living (Rose Bengal)-stained benthic foraminifera using automated image recognition

Tobias Walla, Christine Barras, Emmanuelle Geslin, Camille Godbillot, Louis Lanoy, Ross Marchant, Delphine Dissard, and Thibault de Garidel-Thoron

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