The potential influence of bioluminescence from marine animals on a deep-sea underwater neutrino telescope array in the Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1474-1483

  Priede, Imants G ^a   Jamieson, Alan ^a   Heger, Amandine ^a   Craig, Jessica ^a   Zuur, Alain F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Highland Statistics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; KM3NeT; Mediterranean Sea; Neutrino telescope

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELESCOPES;

ANTARES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EXPERIMENTAL UNDERWATER; IONIAN SEA; KM3NET; MARINE ANIMALS; MEAN DENSITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NEUTRINO TELESCOPE; NEUTRINO TELESCOPES; WATER COLUMN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

NEUTRONS;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; OCEANIC CURRENT; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 53349147329     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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