Photoluminescence in the bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica

We report the discovery of photoluminescence in the ornamental bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica . The excitation and emission properties of the ceres of one dead and three live individuals were similar.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Dunning, Jamie, Diamond, Antony W., Christmas, Stephen E., Emma-Louise Cole, Holberton, Rebecca L., Jackson, Hannah J., Kelly, Kevin G., Brown, Dean, Rivera, Indira Rojas, Hanley, Daniel
Format:	Text
Language:	unknown
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2019
Subjects:	29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified FOS Physical sciences Medicine Evolutionary Biology FOS Biological sciences 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified FOS Chemical sciences Ecology 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Inorganic Chemistry Plant Biology 60506 Virology Atlantic puffin fratercula Fratercula arctica
Online Access:	https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7636649 https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/Photoluminescence_in_the_bill_of_the_Atlantic_Puffin_i_Fratercula_arctica_i_/7636649

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Summary:	We report the discovery of photoluminescence in the ornamental bill of the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica . The excitation and emission properties of the ceres of one dead and three live individuals were similar.