Diel patterns of planktonic bioluminescence in the northern Sargasso Sea

Autor:	Elijah Swift, Jeffrey Van Keuren, Harold P. Batchelder
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Daytime Photoinhibition genetic structures Ecology Dusk Aquatic Science Biology Plankton Flash (photography) Oceanography Sargasso sea Bioluminescence sense organs Diel vertical migration Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics
Zdroj:	Marine Biology. 113:329-339
ISSN:	1432-1793 0025-3162
DOI:	10.1007/bf00347288
Popis:	Day-night changes in the vertical distribution, intensity, and size of bioluminescence flashes were investigated during a series of cruises to the northern Sargasso Sea in 1987 and 1988. Overall, depth integrated bioluminescence potential and flash density estimated from in situ measurements with a pumping bathyphotometer were 2 to 5 x higher at midnight than at midday. Depths from 50 to 100 m exhibited the most substantial day to night increases in bioluminescence potential and flash density. When classified by flash size (photon output per flash event), the increase from day to night was significant for all flash sizes, but was most dramatic for small flashes producing
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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