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I'm not sure what you mean by softer, but the Doppler effect refers to a lowering of the frequency of sound, not a decrease in volume.
For those who haven't seen it, this bioluminescence in what I believe is called La Baia dos Fosforos is really spectacular - this is not the piddly glow we often think of as phosphorescence, nor even the light of massed fireflies, but almost fireworks in the water.
Bill Silvert
----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 2:32 PM Subject: squeaky door fish
> Kayakers observing bioluminescence (obviously at night) in a bay in > eastern Puerto Rico are > reporting fairly loud sounds they hear from their kayaks as "sounding like > a squeaky door being > opened and closed" that gets louder as the organism (presumably a fish or > school of fish) > approaches, and due to Doppler effects, softer after it passes by.
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