Bioluminescent signals and the role of reflectors

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages

  Herring, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Constructive interference; Light signals; Photophores; Reflectors; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001998517     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/2/6/202     Document Type: Review

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