SUBJECT INDEX 



437 



emission spectrum, 218-219 

 energy relations in, 235-237 

 hydrogen peroxide in, 211, 234- 



238, 244, 246, 259 

 hydrostatic pressure effects, 284- 



292 

 limiting components, 226 

 mechanism of reactions, 233-238, 



241-248, 251-255 

 pH dependence, 220, 259 

 pressure-temperature relations, 



284-292 

 relation to oxygen tension, 225 

 reversible denaturation, 287 

 ")2 rise time," 224-229 

 role of aldehydes, 234-238 

 scheme of reactions, 235, 290 

 temperature dependence, 221 

 volume changes of activation, 

 288 



Bacteriochlorophyll, 5 1 



fluorescence spectrum, 58—59 

 green pigment accompanying, 59- 

 60 



Banana squash, 64, 65 



Banda Islands, 2 



Barley, 61, 63, 64, 66 



Basidiomycetes, 16 



Batrachoididae, 20 



Bay of Aug, 398 



Beef, 337 



Behavior, comparative, 333 



Bengal, 342 



Benzimidazole, 169 



Benzothiazole, 169 



Benzotriazole, 169 



Benzoxazole, 169 



Bermuda, 6, 20 



Beryllium, 178 



Beta lactoglobuHn, 297 



Bioluminescence 

 colors of, 16-21 

 diurnal rhythm, 10 

 extracellular, of various organisms, 



16-20 

 in cytolysis, 12 



inhibition by light, in various 

 organisms, 16—20 



oxygen requirement, 9, 12, 16-21, 

 127, 130, 210 



without oxygen, 9, 12 

 Bioluminescence spectra, sec Emis- 

 sion spectra 

 Bivalvia, 17 

 Blue shift, 31, 33 

 Bonin Island, 339 

 Borawazawa, 351 

 Borneo, 339, 344 

 Br\'ozoa, 366 



Calcium, effect on firefly lumi- 

 nescence, 167, 168, 177, 186, 

 187 

 California, 399, 402 

 Carohne Islands, 337 

 Caterpillars, 1 

 Celebes, 339, 344 

 Cephalopoda, 353-356 

 Ceratioidea, 19 

 Ceylon, 347 

 Chaetognatha, 3 

 Chaetopteridae, 17 

 Chemiluminescence 



after photosynthesis, 3 

 mechanisms of excitation, 102-104 

 rate equations of, 76 

 relation to fluorescence, 100-108 

 transfer of excitation energy, 103- 

 104 

 Chemiluminescence of 



3-aminophthalic hydrazide, 10 

 dimethvldiacridinium nitrate, 10 

 DPD's' 



activation energy, 85 



catalysts of, 77 



emission maximum, 91 



end products of reactions, 93- 



96 

 energy of, 91 

 entropy of activation, 87 

 flow method measurement, 81- 



82 

 influence of Oo cone, 80-81 

 influence of substituents, 92- 

 93, 106-108 



