Coral Fluorescence
From RTAW Reefpedia
Introduction
Fluorescence is the phenomenon that occurs when something absorbs light of a particular wavelength / colour and then emits it again at a different wavelength / colour. There is always energy lost in this process, so the emitted light has a lower energy. Many corals have the ability to fluoresce and do so whenever they are exposed to the correct wavelength, which will be when ever the lights are on.
Resources
- The Seen and Unseen World of Coral Fluorescence by Adam Blundell - Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine
- Coral Coloration: Fluorescence: Part 1 by Dana Riddle - Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine
- Coral Coloration, Part 2: Fluorescence: Pigments 510 - 565 and Notes on Green Fluorescent Proteins by Dana Riddle - Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine
- How to Make Corals Colorful, Part One: New Information, With Particular Attention to Blue-Green Fluorescent Pigments by Dana Riddle - Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine
- Magnificent Fluorescence! Aquaristic Perspectives by Anthony Calfo - Reefkeeping Magazine
- Coral Colors: Fluorescence Photography
- NightSea - equipment to see and photograph fluorescence.
