Field-built software for real-time pelagic imaging
See the water column as it happens.
Pelagia brings real-time plankton identification, high-throughput image processing, and interactive scientific review into one integrated suite. It is being built from direct experience operating imaging systems at sea, processing their data at scale, and working with scientists to turn imagery into defensible observations.
Review detections in the frame where they were observed.
Scientific review is not an afterthought. PelagiaView keeps each detected organism connected to its source frame, nearby particles, scale, masks, measurements, and image metadata—giving researchers the context they need to evaluate automated results and refine the workflow.
Built on decades of field experience.
Pelagia brings together 25 years of experience in plankton imaging, instrument engineering, field operations, scientific computing, and zooplankton ecology. It combines the technical capabilities of Icy Seas Co-Laboratory with Bellamare's engineering expertise and deployment experience, plus scientific guidance from Dr. Adam Greer at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography.
The result is a workflow grounded in real deployments and designed to transform sustained, high-volume imagery into traceable, scientifically defensible observations.
Experience carried into every stage.
Pelagia translates practical experience in instrument operations, image acquisition, high-throughput computing, machine learning, and scientific review into a workflow that can keep pace with modern optical systems while preserving the context researchers need to trust the results.
Process while sampling
Turn continuous instrument imagery into biological observations while acquisition is still underway.
Keep scientific judgment central
Review targets with their source imagery, masks, measurements, classifications, and confidence cues visible.
Preserve traceability
Create structured, analysis-ready records that remain connected to their source imagery and processing history.
A partnership across the imaging lifecycle.
Pelagia brings together complementary expertise. Bellamare contributes instrument engineering, deployment experience, and development support while Icy Seas leads scientific software development and interactive review. Dr. Adam Greer provides expert guidance grounded in zooplankton ecology and in situ imaging. This collaboration connects the software to the instruments, operational realities, and scientific questions it is meant to serve.
Work with a team that understands the instrument and the data.
Bring us the imaging system, dataset, operational constraints, and scientific outputs you need. Pelagia is being built by people who understand the path from deployment and acquisition through processing, review, and analysis-ready export.