ReviewGlobal change biology2022
Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems-A review.
Review in Global change biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
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- Shifting waters: how habitat alteration affects host-parasite dynamics in freshwater ecosystems.Parasitology research · 2026Review
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- Metropolitan coastal night lighting aligns with ecological and plastic divergence in closely relatedPNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Article
- Photoperiod-driven gene regulation in the brain ofFrontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- The influence of artificial light at night on algal phenol concentrations can mediate herbivore-algal interactions.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Artificial light at night intensifies effects of a parasitic flatworm on the water fleaBiology letters · 2025Article
- Technology Solutions for Overcoming the Coral Recruitment Bottleneck.Environmental science & technology · 2025Article
- Depth-structured lineages in the coral Stylophora pistillata of the Northern Red Sea.npj biodiversity · 2025Article
- Redefining the photic zone: beyond the autotroph-centric view of light in the ocean.Communications earth & environment · 2025Review
- Artificial light at night during early development directly affects embryonic but not larval quality in a wild coral reef fish.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Effects of Stage Lighting on Visual Comfort at Summer Festivals: A Study in Portugal.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Artificial Light Increases Nighttime Prevalence of Predatory Fishes, Altering Community Composition on Coral Reefs.Global change biology · 2024Article
- Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens.Journal of insect physiology · 2024Article
- Antagonistic Effects of Light Pollution and Warming on Habitat-Forming Seaweeds.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Anthropogenic noise disrupts acoustic cues for recruitment.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Artificial light at night and warming impact grazing rates and gonad index of the sea urchinProceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Artificial light at night: a global disruptor of the night-time environment.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
- Light pollution of freshwater ecosystems: principles, ecological impacts and remedies.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
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10 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.
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Abstract
The globally widespread adoption of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) began in the mid-20th century. Yet, it is only in the last decade that a renewed research focus has emerged into its impacts on ecological and biological processes in the marine environment that are guided by natural intensities, moon phase, natural light and dark cycles and daily light spectra alterations. The field has diversified rapidly from one restricted to impacts on a handful of vertebrates, to one in which impacts have been quantified across a broad array of marine and coastal habitats and species. Here, we review the current understanding of ALAN impacts in diverse marine ecosystems. The review presents the current state of knowledge across key marine and coastal ecosystems (sandy and rocky shores, coral reefs and pelagic) and taxa (birds and sea turtles), introducing how ALAN can mask seabird and sea turtle navigation, cause changes in animals predation patterns and failure of coral spawning synchronization, as well as inhibition of zooplankton Diel Vertical Migration. Mitigation measures are recommended, however, while strategies for mitigation were easily identified, barriers to implementation are poorly understood. Finally, we point out knowledge gaps that if addressed would aid in the prediction and mitigation of ALAN impacts in the marine realm.
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