What is Bioluminescence?


1.  What is bioluminescence?
 
 

2.  Why does it occur?
 
 

3.  How is light produced by the dinoflagellates?
 
 

4.  Do dinoflagellates only glow at night?
 
 

5.  What types of factors influence the health of a bioluminescent colony of dinoflagellates?
 
 

6.  What other man-made probelms could affect bioluminescent bays?