Dolphins glow with the flow

Peter J. Herring ()
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Peter J. Herring: the Southampton Oceanography Centre

Nature, 1998, vol. 393, issue 6687, 731-733

Abstract: Bioluminescence is the remarkable ability of living organisms — such as luminous dinoflagellates — to produce visible light. The dinoflagellates act as unique flow markers because they light up only when particular levels of shear stress are present. In a new study, they have been used to monitor the flow dynamics around swimming dolphins. By integrating information from field studies with image-intensified videos of bioluminescence, the authors have interpreted some of the characteristics of water flow over these animals.

Date: 1998
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