Impacts of artificial light at night in marine ecosystems—A review

LFB Marangoni, T Davies, T Smyth… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Exposure to artificial light at night and the consequences for flora, fauna, and ecosystems

J Falcón, A Torriglia, D Attia, F Viénot… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The present review draws together wide-ranging studies performed over the last decades
that catalogue the effects of artificial-light-at-night (ALAN) upon living species and their …

Why artificial light at night should be a focus for global change research in the 21st century

TW Davies, T Smyth - Global Change Biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental impacts of artificial light at night have been a rapidly growing field of
global change science in recent years. Yet, light pollution has not achieved parity with other …

Towards an urban marine ecology: characterizing the drivers, patterns and processes of marine ecosystems in coastal cities

PA Todd, EC Heery, LHL Loke, RH Thurstan, DJ Kotze… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than
the global average. People in this zone are concentrated in coastal cities that are hubs for …

Monitoring fish using imaging sonar: Capacity, challenges and future perspective

Y Wei, Y Duan, D An - Fish and Fisheries, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for fish products, which provide crucial protein for humans, is rising as the
global population grows. In contrast, fish stock is declining due to human activity …

Light pollution: A review of the scientific literature

J Rodrigo-Comino, S Seeling… - The anthropocene …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Light pollution is the consequence of elevated lighting emitted by human-made artefacts to
the lower atmosphere. Recently, there have been major advances in the assessment and …

Artificial light at night causes reproductive failure in clownfish

EK Fobert, K Burke da Silva… - Biology …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Earth is getting brighter at night, as artificial light at night (ALAN) continues to increase
and extend its reach. Despite recent recognition of the damaging impacts of ALAN on …

Long-term exposure to artificial light at night in the wild decreases survival and growth of a coral reef fish

J Schligler, D Cortese, R Beldade… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasing anthropogenic pollutant, closely associated
with human population density, and now well recognized in both terrestrial and aquatic …

Increasing microhabitat complexity on seawalls can reduce fish predation on native oysters

EMA Strain, RL Morris, RA Coleman, WF Figueira… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increasingly, urbanised coastlines are being armoured by shoreline protection structures,
such as seawalls. Seawalls typically lack the complex microhabitats and protective spaces …

The impacts of artificial light at night on the ecology of temperate and tropical reefs

EK Fobert, CR Miller, SE Swearer… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Despite 22% of the world's coastal regions experiencing some degree of light pollution, and
biologically important artificial light at night (ALAN) reaching large portions of the seafloor …