Shape Analysis of Fish Otoliths - AFORO (ICM-CMIMA-CSIC)

AFORO people

The AFORO teams:

Emilio Garc�a Ladona⁽¹⁾ emilio@icm.csic.es	�scar Chic Gim�nez⁽²⁾ ochic@icm.csic.es	Antoni Lombarte Carrera⁽³⁾ toni@icm.csic.es	Am�lia Manjabacas Soriano⁽³⁾ manjabacas@icm.csic.es
Pere Marti Puig⁽⁶⁾ pere.marti@uvic.cat	V�ctor M. Tuset And�jar⁽³⁾ vtuset@icm.csic.es

Former participants:

Antoni Cruz Folch⁽³⁾ acruz@icm.csic.es	Roger Olivella Pujol⁽¹⁾ olivella@icm.csic.es	Jos� Luis Otero-Ferrer⁽⁷⁾ jootero@uvigo.es	David Otero Mir⁽³⁾ otero@icm.csic.es
Vicen� Parisi Baradad⁽⁴⁾ parisi@eel.upc.edu	Jaume Piera Fern�ndez⁽⁵⁾ jpiera@utm.csic.es	Ramon Reig Bolano⁽⁶⁾ ramon.reig@uvic.cat	Maria Rosa Vitri� Santolaria⁽¹⁾ mrosa@icm.csic.es

⁽¹⁾ Department of Marine Geology and Physical Oceanography (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Mar�tim 37-49, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain.
⁽²⁾ Coastal Ocean Observatory (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Mar�tim 37-49, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain.
⁽³⁾ Department of Renewable Resources (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Mar�tim 37-49, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain.
⁽⁴⁾ Department of Electronic Engineering (UPC), Avinguda V�ctor Balaguer, s/n, Vilanova i La Geltr� 08800, Catalonia, Spain.
⁽⁵⁾ Marine Technology Unit (UTM-CSIC), Passeig Mar�tim 37-49, Barcelona 08003, Catalonia, Spain.
⁽⁶⁾ Group of Digital Information Technologies University of Vic (UVic), 08500 Vic (Barcelona), Spain.
⁽⁷⁾ Group of Biological Oceanography University of Vigo, Fonte das Abelleiras, s/n, University Campus Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310 Vigo (Pontevedra). Spain.

Students:

Iosune Olabarrieta (UAB)
Clara Coll (UB)
Sara Cernadas (UB)
Sergi Mart�nez (UB)
Fabrizio Capoccioni (Un. Tor Vergata-Roma)
N�ria Lombarte (IES JV Foix)
Guillermo Aguado (UAB)
Ana Rodr�guez P�rez (Un. T�bingen)
Olga Carrera (UAB)
Susana Tobar (Un. Baja California)
Marina L�pez Mor (UAB)
X�nia V�zquez Vila (UAB)
Elias Vera (UdG)
Roser Lombarte (IES Torrent dels Alous)

The students that collaborate in the collection and the AFORO web, carry out work related to studying Teleostean fish otoliths. These studies consist of:
a) Obtaining and preparing the samples for collecting otoliths
b) Obtaining morphometric data (area, weight , perimeter, etc.)
c) Describing the morphology of an otolith and comparing it with other otoliths (using numerical shape descriptors such as Fourier, wavelets, CSS).

To carry out these tasks the students have to familiarise themselves with the techniques of dissection, image analysis and numeric shape quantification. They will also work with computer databases connected to an interface with the AFORO web (shape analysis of otoliths).

If you would like to gain practical experience or collaborate with the development of the AFORO web contact Antoni Lombarte