BIOLUMINESCENCE

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. BIOLUMINESCENCE ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. Part one: FIVE DIFFERENT BIOLUMINESCENCE SYSTEMS
7. Chapter one. A MARINE CRUSTACEAN 7
8. Chapter two. JELLYFISH AND GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 21
9. Chapter three. FIREFLIES AND OTHER BEETLES 31
10. Chapter four. DINOFLAGELLATES AND KRILL 45
11. Chapter five. BACTERIA 61
12. Part two. DIVERSITY, FUNCTIONS , AND EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE
13. Chapter six. SHORT ACCOUNTS OF OTHER LUMINOUS ORGANISMS 77
14. chapter seven BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE OCEANS 105
15. chapter eight THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE 119
16. chapter nine THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF BIOLUMINESCENCE 125
17. Part three. BOOKENDS
18. Chapter ten. APPLICATIONS 133
19. Chapter eleven. HOW DOES LIFE MAKE LIGHT? 147
20. GLOSSARY 163
21. FURTHER READING 169
22. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 177
23. INDEX 181