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Over Three-Quarters of Surveyed Marine Life Near California Are Bioluminescent

posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 14 2017, @03:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the glow-in-the-dark dept.

takyon writes:

According to an open access study in Nature's Science Reports, 76% of all of the animals living from the surface of the ocean to a depth of 3,900 meters have bioluminescence capability. The data was gathered by remotely operated vehicles surveying off the California Coast. The prevalence of bioluminescence suggests that it is an ecological trait, ie. something animals in the habitat should be expected to have.

Quantification of bioluminescence from the surface to the deep sea demonstrates its predominance as an ecological trait (open, DOI: 10.1038/srep45750) (DX)

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @12:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 14 2017, @12:28PM (#493922)

    ...at the Diablo Canyon outfall?

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