4. Abstract
• Present evidence of energy transferring from bioluminescent
organisms to any other photosynthetic source.
• Develop new ways of using chemical based energy without
further mayor consequences.
• Obtaining, observing and studying the interactions and
behaviors between samples of bioluminescent and
photosynthetic organisms.
5. Hypothesis
• Demonstrate that the light emitted from a
bioluminescent organism is absorbed and processed
normally by a photosynthetic organism.
• Prove that the inverse processes of bioluminescence
and photosynthesis can occur on a same organism
not related with both adaptations at once.
6. Aims
• Manage to integrate two relative processes in spite their
inverse tendencies.
• Deepen the study of the bioluminescent and photosynthetic
nature.
• Understand the behavior of these organisms in different
stages and phases.
• Notice differences in Dinoflagellates that are exposed to
bioluminescent emissions and the ones that are not.
7. Background
Bioluminescence is an adaptation that
some organisms obtain from the absence
of light in their environment. These
creatures had to develop ways to adjust
their process of producing energy.
Puerto Rico has the three most brilliant
“bio bays” of the five that there are in the
world. This island has enough ecosystems
with bioluminescent presence to study the
diversity it hides in comparison.
8. Methodology
• Visit various “bio bays” and take samples of water
with bioluminescent and non-bioluminescent or
photosynthetic presence (Dinoflagellates).
• Gather the samples into different environments and
observe which adaptation is dominant over the
other, jointed and separated respectively.
9. • Positive Control:
– Bioluminescent and non-bioluminescent samples together.
• Negative Control:
– Both samples observed separately.
Each group will be analyzed in three different areas depending
on the light exposure:
• Complete dark
• Outside dark exposure
• Intermittent daylight exposure
10. Expected Results
• The expected results are that the photosynthetic source will
obtain enough light energy from the bioluminescent source
and would be able to use that energy to synthesize their
organic material.
• The bioluminescent source in turn will supplement itself with
the oxygen liberated in the photosynthetic process of the non-
bioluminescent organisms.
11. Future Studies
• Deepen the study of luciferin and lucferase
components to prove that it can be manipulated to
non-bioluminescent organisms.
