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Observations of bioluminescence on SOND 1965 Cruise of R.R.S. ‘Discovery’1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Brian P. Boden
Affiliation:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California

Extract

An investigation of spontaneous bioluminescence as related to sonic-scattering layers was undertaken off Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands. The apparatus used is described. A definite increase in the magnitude of luminescence at scattering-layer depths is demonstrated. It is shown that the amount of luminescence forward of, and in the net of an Isaacs-Kidd trawl, is very much greater than that either above or below it. A frequency is disclosed within a single flash, and it is hypothesized that this may be a specific property.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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