Bioluminescence of sound-scattering layers in the Gulf of Maine
Submersible-based investigations of bioluminescence were conducted in sound-scattering layers (SSLs) in the Gulf of Maine using intensified video and dual-beam acoustic methods. Stimulated bioluminescence in the SSLs was high (3-41 µ W sr⁻¹ m⁻³), while spontaneous bioluminescence was not detected. T...
| Published in: | Journal of Plankton Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/14.11.1607 http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007067 https://fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A31735/datastream/TN/view/Bioluminescence%20of%20sound-scattering%20layers%20in%20the%20Gulf%20of%20Maine.jpg |
| Summary: | Submersible-based investigations of bioluminescence were conducted in sound-scattering layers (SSLs) in the Gulf of Maine using intensified video and dual-beam acoustic methods. Stimulated bioluminescence in the SSLs was high (3-41 µ W sr⁻¹ m⁻³), while spontaneous bioluminescence was not detected. The average intensity of individual bioluminescent sources in the SSLs was 20-200 times greater than the intensity of light emitters outside the SSLs. The tow brightest sources of bioluminescence were identified as the euphausiid, Meganyctiphanes norvegica and the cydippid ctenophore, Euplokamis sp. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 937 This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Plankton Research, http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/, and may be cited as: Widder, E. A., Greene, C. H., & Youngbluth, M. J. (1992). Bioluminescence of sound-scattering layers in the Gulf of Maine. Journal of Plankton Research, 14(11), 1607-1624. doi:10.1093/plankt/14.11.1607 |
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