Ecological consequences of artificial night lighting

By Catherine Rich, Travis Longcore. 2006

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Attraction of petrels to artificial lights in the Canary Islands: effects of the moon phase and age class (2009, background): “The use of artificial lights at night has many physiological, epidemiological and ecological consequences for wildlife (Verheijen 1985, Rich & Longcore 2006, Navara & Nelson 2007).”
The Dark Side of Light: A Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for Light Pollution Policy (2010, background): “…day/night cycle may, as a result, have serious psycho-physiological and even medical consequences for humans, along with ecological and evolutionary implications for animals, plants, and even entire terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems (Rich and Longcore 2006, Navara and Nelson 2007).”
Underwater Optical Wireless Communication (2016, background): “Therefore, in order to avoid fishes entering the LOS region, flashing or erratic lights are preferred [128].”
The effect of artificial light on male breeding-season behaviour in green frogs, Rana clamitans melanota (2006, background): “A recently published collection of papers from the first North American conference on the ecological effects of artificial night lighting clearly indicates both the enormous potential for large effects of artificial light on all taxa and the dearth of data regarding the consequences of these anthrop”
The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes (2013, background): “…many animal and plant species, but there is insufficient knowledge about impacts in the wild, especially among invertebrates (Longcore &Rich, 2004; Rich & Longcore, 2006; Sutherland et al., 2006; Poot et al., 2008; Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 2009; Stone et al., 2009; Bruce-White…”
The effects of light pollution on biological rhythms of birds: an integrated, mechanistic perspective (2015, unknown): “light pollution (Rich and Longcore 2006; Gaston et al. 2013), which the symposium ‘‘Light in the darkness: how does artificial night lighting influence bird behavior and ecology?’’ at the 26th IOC in Tokyo, Japan, perfectly exemplifies.”
Behavioural responses to human‐induced environmental change (2011, background): “The production of artificial light influences the orientation of individuals that rely on visual cues for movements (Longcore & Rich, 2006).”
Artificial light puts ecosystem services of frugivorous bats at risk (2014, background): “…light at night (Longcore & Rich 2004), has received increasing attention since it became evident that artificial light at night may be detrimental for many animals and ecosystem processes (reviewed in Rich & Longcore 2006) but continues to spread at unprecedented rates (H€olker et al. 2010).”
Ecological connectivity research in urban areas (2015, background): “Human activities in urban areas can affect animal behaviour, with the potential for impacts on functional connectivity (Suarez, Holway & Case 2001; Bradley & Altizer 2006; Partecke, Schwabl & Gwinner 2006; Rich & Longcore 2006).”
A Red List of Italian Saproxylic Beetles: taxonomic overview, ecological features and conservation issues (Coleoptera) (2015, background): “4.2.6 Light pollution Light pollution is the nocturnal presence of strong lights or lighthouses near man-made settlements (houses, business centers, industrial buildings, streets, avenues, railway stations, fuel distributors, etc.) (Rich & Longcore 2006).”
Polarized light pollution: a new kind of ecological photopollution (2009, background): “Anuran amphibians, reptiles, birds, bats, and spiders hunt insects attracted to streetlamps at night (reviewed in Rich and Longcore 2006); this is a well-known, secondary effect of conventional (non-polarized) ecological photopollution.”
The Nightsat mission concept (2007, unknown): “…for deriving the listed human settlement products would generate data suitable for a wider range of applications, such as monitoring fishing boat activity, mapping the spatial distribution of economic activity, or the analysis of ecological effects of nocturnal lighting (Rich and Longcore 2006).”
Do artificially illuminated skies affect biodiversity in nocturnal landscapes? (2013, background): “While many acute and often fatal effects of direct light on nocturnal organisms are identified (Rich and Longcore 2006; Hölker et al. 2010a; Gaston et al. 2013), very little is known about what effect, if any, the diffuse light surrounding urban areas has on biodiversity.”