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Phosphorescence of the Sea

Nature volume 139, page 592 (1937)Cite this article

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THE well-authenticated phenomenon of streaks of phosphorescent water appearing in the sea1 is doubtless due, in some way or other, to the agitation of phosphorescent marine organisms. In the past it has been ascribed, either to the effect of long rollers2 or less commonly to porpoises3 or schoals of fish below the surface4.

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    K. E. D. CLARK

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CLARK, K. Phosphorescence of the Sea. Nature 139, 592 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139592a0

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