Marine bioluminescence . Why do so many animals in the open ocean make light?

dc.contributor.author	Widder, Edith A.
dc.contributor.department	Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, USA
dc.contributor.organization	Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, USA
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-18T18:23:23Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-18T18:23:23Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Bioscience Explained. Vol 1 (1)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/19437
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	University of Gothenburg. Department of Zoology	en
dc.publisher	University of Reading
dc.subject	Bioluminescence	en
dc.subject	Abralia veranyi	en
dc.subject	Atolla wyvillei	en
dc.subject	Melanostomia bartonbeani	en
dc.subject	Anomalops katoptron	en
dc.title	Marine bioluminescence . Why do so many animals in the open ocean make light?	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.type	Video	en
dc.type.svep	article, other scientific	en

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Description:: Flashlight fish, Anomalops katoptron, filmed at the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum

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Description:: The deep sea jellyfish, Atolla wyvillei, seen with lights on and then with lights off.

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Description:: This squid, Abralia veranyi, is doubly amazing because it can actually change the color of its bioluminescence depending on whether it's counterilluminating against sunlight or moonlight.

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Description:: The scaleless blackdragon fish, Melanostomia bartonbeani, seen swimming with lights on and then seen luminescing with lights off.

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