|
In the
Bioluminescence Department at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution we are
studying how bioluminescence helps animals to survive in the ocean and how measurements of
bioluminescence can be used to address one of the greatest challenges in marine ecology, which
is: How do we study the associations between organisms in a three dimensional fluid environment
which is constantly changing? Because bioluminescence is so common in the marine environment,
measurements of bioluminescence can provide a rapid means of determining where animals are, how
they associate with each other and how their distribution patterns are affected by such variables
as light, temperature, salinity and pollution.
|
 |
