Bioluminescence in Dinoflagellates: Evidence that the Adaptive Value of Bioluminescence in Dinoflagellates is Concentration Dependent
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Bioluminescence of Marine Dinoflagellates
Portable light-baffled underwater photometers have been designed for the measurement of dinoflagellate bioluminescence by day and night. Maximal light emission is obtained by mechanical stimulation in a defined volume. The pump which stimulates the dinoflagellates also constantly replenishes the sample volume so that continuous measurements are possible. Evidence for both diurnal variation and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Photochemistry and Photobiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0031-8655,1751-1097
DOI: 10.1111/php.12713