Bioluminescence: Explanation for glowing seas suggested
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 19:32
in Biology & Nature
It has long been known that distinctive blue flashes -- a type of bioluminescence -- that are visible at night in some marine environments are caused by tiny, unicellular plankton known as dinoflagellates. However, a new study has, for the first time, detailed the potential mechanism for this bioluminesence.