Bioluminescence in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica1
McMurdo Sound is inhabited by a number of bioluminescent organisms not previously described as bioluminescent. A dinoflagellate, two ostracods, a copepod, fish fecal pellets probably illuminated by bacteria, four polychaetes, a brittle star, a euphausiid, and a sponge illuminated by dinoflagellates...
| Published in: | Limnology and Oceanography |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1976.21.4.0599 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1976.21.4.0599 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1976.21.4.0599 |
| Summary: | McMurdo Sound is inhabited by a number of bioluminescent organisms not previously described as bioluminescent. A dinoflagellate, two ostracods, a copepod, fish fecal pellets probably illuminated by bacteria, four polychaetes, a brittle star, a euphausiid, and a sponge illuminated by dinoflagellates are described. The dinoflagellate luminescence appeared to have a seasonal but not a circadian rhythm. |
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