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The Bioluminescence Web Page

http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/

Provider: University of California at Santa Barbara and Bioluminescence Lab


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The Bioluminescence Web Page from the University of California at Santa Barbara contains detailed information about bioluminescence and beautiful images of creatures that have this amazing characteristic.This website dispels many myths about bioluminescence, contains a photo collection of bioluminescent creatures accompanied by a short explanation when each is enlarged, and provides a list of the organisms with this traits. Additional information is available for a selection of these glowing phenomenons such as the color-changing squid, fireflies, and dinoflagellates. Also find out about the chemistry of bioluminescence and the physiology of these creatures.