News Honorable Mention: Rob Ostermaier/Daily Press Published December 8, 2015 at × in News Honorable Mention: Rob Ostermaier/Daily Press As VIMS research tech, Joe Cope, drives a boat in the York river phytoplankton known as dinoflagellates glow in its. The algae are a plant the blooms when conditions are right in the water usually duinrg the summer months.