Puerto Mosquito

Puerto Mosquito
Puerto Mosquito
Bahía Bioluminiscente de Vieques
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
	Bioluminescent blue hues at Puerto Mosquito
Location	Vieques, Puerto Rico
Nearest city	Esperanza, Vieques
Coordinates	18°06′07″N 65°26′45″W / 18.10194°N 65.44583°W
U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1980

The Puerto Mosquito Bioluminescent Bay (Spanish: Bahía bioluminiscente de Puerto Mosquito), or Mosquito Bio Bay, is a bay in the island of Vieques famous for its bioluminescence produced by the dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense, which glows blue when agitated. This species of phytoplankton is found in bays in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and The Bahamas.^[1]

^ Soler-Figueroa, Brenda María; Otero, Ernesto (2015-01-01). "The Influence of Rain Regimes and Nutrient Loading on the Abundance of Two Dinoflagellate Species in a Tropical Bioluminescent Bay, Bahía Fosforescente, La Parguera, Puerto Rico". Estuaries and Coasts. 38 (1): 84–92. doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9827-0. ISSN 1559-2731. S2CID 85305359.