ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2023
Light pollution of freshwater ecosystems: principles, ecological impacts and remedies.
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- Grasping at water: a gap-oriented approach to bridging shortfalls in freshwater biodiversity conservation.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Artificial light at night intensifies effects of a parasitic flatworm on the water fleaBiology letters · 2025Article
- Prolonged light exposure time enhances the photosynthetic investment in osmotrophicApplied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Eco-evolutionary feedbacks under artificial light at night.iScience · 2025Review
- Bending the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss: what are the prospects?Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- Conservation physiology of freshwater fishes: an illustration of pressing questions and implications for management.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Do Methodological Differences in Experiments with Stream Shredders Imply Variability in Outputs? A Microcosm Approach.Neotropical entomology · 2024Article
- Reducing the fatal attraction of nocturnal insects using tailored and shielded road lights.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Artificial light at night bans Chaoborus from vital epilimnetic waters.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Light pollution in complex ecological systems.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
Light pollution caused by artificial light at night (ALAN) is increasingly recognized as a major driver of global environmental change. Since emissions are rapidly growing in an urbanizing world and half of the human population lives close to a freshwater shoreline, rivers and lakes are ever more exposed to light pollution worldwide. However, although light conditions are critical to aquatic species, and freshwaters are biodiversity hotspots and vital to human well-being, only a small fraction of studies conducted on ALAN focus on these ecosystems. The effects of light pollution on freshwaters are broad and concern all levels of biodiversity. Experiments have demonstrated diverse behavioural and physiological responses of species, even at low light levels. Prominent examples are skyglow effects on diel vertical migration of zooplankton and the suppression of melatonin production in fish. However, responses vary widely among taxa, suggesting consequences for species distribution patterns, potential to create novel communities across ecosystem boundaries, and cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. Understanding, predicting and alleviating the ecological impacts of light pollution on freshwaters requires a solid consideration of the physical properties of light propagating in water and a multitude of biological responses. This knowledge is urgently needed to develop innovative lighting concepts, mitigation strategies and specifically targeted measures. This article is part of the theme issue 'Light pollution in complex ecological systems'.
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