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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
David Lapota, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory Wayne Anderson, San Diego, CA (US);
David Lapota, San Diego, CA (US);
Gregory Wayne Anderson, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Portable profiler for profiling a marine biosphere and method of assembling the profiler. A portable profiler is provided for profiling a marine biosphere, comprising a housing; a ballast coupled to the housing for controlling movement of the housing in the biosphere; a light-sensitive detector assembly coupled to the housing for detecting bioluminescence, the detector assembly capable of generating an output signal in response to the bioluminescence detected thereby; and a data analysis and storage device coupled to the light-sensitive detector assembly for receiving the output signal.