Light pollution of freshwater ecosystems: principles, ecological impacts and remedies

Artifical light at night triggers slight transcriptomic effects on melatonin signaling but not synthesis in tadpoles of two anuran species

(2023) Morgane Touzot et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Citizen scientists report global rapid reductions in the visibility of stars from 2011 to 2022

(2023) Christopher C. M. Kyba et al.   SCIENCE

Reducing nighttime light exposure in the urban environment to benefit human health and society

(2023) K. M. Zielinska-Dabkowska et al.   SCIENCE

Regulating light pollution: More than just the night sky

(2023) Martin Morgan-Taylor   SCIENCE

Natural variation of the colour and spectrum of the night sky observed at a potential european reference site for dark skies

(2023) Zoltán Kolláth et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

A Systematic Review for Establishing Relevant Environmental Parameters for Urban Lighting: Translating Research into Practice

(2022) Catherine Pérez Vega et al.   Sustainability

Impacts of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) in marine ecosystems – a review

(2022) Laura F. B. Marangoni et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Spectral sensitivity transition in the compound eyes of a twilight-swarming mayfly and its visual ecological implications

(2022) Ádám Egri et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Consequences of artificial light at night on behavior, reproduction, and development of Lymnaea stagnalis

(2022) El-Sayed Baz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Large-scale sampling of the freshwater microbiome suggests pollution-driven ecosystem changes

(2022) Katrin Premke et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

View from below: experimental manipulation of water surfaces to evaluate visual integrity of heron-like models through Snell’s window

(2022) A R B Cortese et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Ocular lens morphology is influenced by ecology and metamorphosis in frogs and toads

(2022) Amartya T. Mitra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Spatial-temporal expansion and determinants of light pollution in India's riparian habitats

(2022) Megha Khanduri et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW

Effects of replacing outdoor lighting with white LEDs with different correlated color temperatures on the attraction of nocturnal insects

(2021) Mikio Kamei et al.   APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY

Artificial Light at Night Alters the Physiology and Behavior of Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

(2021) Krystie A. Miner et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Artificial light at night (ALAN) affects the stress physiology but not the behavior or growth of Rana berlandieri and Bufo valliceps

(2021) Zachery R. Forsburg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Spectral optimization of beacon lights for the protection of night‐swarming mayflies

(2021) Ádám Mészáros et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Artificial lights with different spectra do not alter detrimental attraction of young Chinook salmon and sockeye salmon along lake shorelines

(2021) Roger A. Tabor et al.   LAKE AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT

The sensory impacts of climate change: bathymetric shifts and visually mediated interactions in aquatic species

(2021) Eleanor M. Caves et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Artificial light at night alters activity, body mass, and corticosterone level in a tropical anuran

(2021) Jean Secondi et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Impact of Different Wavelengths of Artificial Light at Night on Phototaxis in Aquatic Insects

(2021) Judith L Kühne et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Disruptive effect of artificial light at night on leaf litter consumption, growth and activity of freshwater shredders

(2021) Magdalena Czarnecka et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First Estimation of Global Trends in Nocturnal Power Emissions Reveals Acceleration of Light Pollution

(2021) Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel et al.   Remote Sensing

Herbivory increases on freshwater plants exposed to artificial light at night

(2021) Nathalie Mondy et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Effects of artificial light at night on fishes: A synthesis with future research priorities

(2021) Arshpreet Bassi et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Effects of artificial light at night on the leaf functional traits of freshwater plants

(2021) Jules Segrestin et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Towards Insect-Friendly Road Lighting—A Transdisciplinary Multi-Stakeholder Approach Involving Citizen Scientists

(2021) Sibylle Schroer et al.   Insects

11 Pressing Research Questions on How Light Pollution Affects Biodiversity

(2021) Franz Hölker et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Impacts of artificial light on food intake in invasive toads

(2020) Hirotaka Komine et al.   Scientific Reports

Can skyglow reduce nocturnal melatonin concentrations in Eurasian perch?

(2020) Franziska Kupprat et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Mapping the brightness and color of urban to rural skyglow with all-sky photometry

(2020) Andreas Jechow et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Artificial light may change flight patterns of bats near bridges along urban waterways

(2020) K. Barré et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Effects of artificial lighting at night (ALAN) on predator density and salmonid predation

(2020) T. Reid Nelson et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY

Exposure to Artificial Light at Night and the Consequences for Flora, Fauna, and Ecosystems

(2020) Jack Falcón et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Artificial Light at Night Alleviates the Negative Effect of Pb on Freshwater Ecosystems

(2019) Gaozhong Pu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Artificial illumination near rivers may alter bat-insect trophic interactions

(2019) Danilo Russo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Combined effects of nocturnal exposure to artificial light and habitat complexity on fish foraging

(2019) Magdalena Czarnecka et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

How dark is a river? Artificial light at night in aquatic systems and the need for comprehensive night‐time light measurements

(2019) Andreas Jechow et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Light Pollution, Circadian Photoreception, and Melatonin in Vertebrates

(2019) Maja Grubisic et al.   Sustainability

A transition to white LED increases ecological impacts of nocturnal illumination on aquatic primary producers in a lowland agricultural drainage ditch

(2018) Maja Grubisic et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Limit of colour vision in dim light in larvae of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

(2018) Gunzo Kawamura et al.   FISHERIES SCIENCE

Measuring night sky brightness: methods and challenges

(2018) Andreas Hänel et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Tracking the dynamics of skyglow with differential photometry using a digital camera with fisheye lens

(2018) Andreas Jechow et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Polarisation vision: overcoming challenges of working with a property of light we barely see

(2018) James J. Foster et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Dietary changes in predators and scavengers in a nocturnally illuminated riparian ecosystem

(2018) Alessandro Manfrin et al.   OIKOS

Polarisation vision: overcoming challenges of working with a property of light we barely see

(2018) James J. Foster et al.   Science of Nature

Influence of artificially induced light pollution on the hormone system of two common fish species, perch and roach, in a rural habitat

(2018) Anika Brüning et al.   Conservation Physiology

Artificial light at night as a driver of evolution across urban-rural landscapes

(2018) Gareth R Hopkins et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Photoreceptors and eyes of pikeperch Sander lucioperca , pike Esox lucius , perch Perca fluviatilis and roach Rutilus rutilus from a clear and a brown lake

(2018) M. Jokela-Määttä et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Artificial Light at Night Affects Emergence from a Refuge and Space Use in Guppies

(2018) R. H. J. M. Kurvers et al.   Scientific Reports

Artificial lighting at night alters aquatic-riparian invertebrate food webs

(2018) S. Mažeika P. Sullivan et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Artificial Lighting at Night in Estuaries—Implications from Individuals to Ecosystems

(2018) Martha J. Zapata et al.   Estuaries and Coasts

Influence of light intensity and spectral composition of artificial light at night on melatonin rhythm and mRNA expression of gonadotropins in roach Rutilus rutilus

(2017) Anika Brüning et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Phototaxis of Propsilocerus akamusi (Diptera: Chironomidae) From a Shallow Eutrophic Lake in Response to Led Lamps

(2017) Kimio Hirabayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION

Artificial light at night decreases biomass and alters community composition of benthic primary producers in a sub-alpine stream

(2017) Maja Grubisic et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Altered sex-specific mortality and female mating success: ecological effects and evolutionary responses

(2017) Tobias Degen et al.   Ecosphere

Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent

(2017) Christopher C. M. Kyba et al.   Science Advances

The Dark Side of Light: A Transdisciplinary Research Agenda for Light Pollution Policy

(2017) Franz Hölker et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Evaluating the summer night sky brightness at a research field site on Lake Stechlin in northeastern Germany

(2016) Andreas Jechow et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Impact of different colours of artificial light at night on melatonin rhythm and gene expression of gonadotropins in European perch

(2016) Anika Brüning et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness

(2016) F. Falchi et al.   Science Advances

Variation of outdoor illumination as a function of solar elevation and light pollution

(2016) Manuel Spitschan et al.   Scientific Reports

Ballistic Beloniformes attacking through Snell's Window

(2015) R. D. Day et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Microbial diversity and community respiration in freshwater sediments influenced by artificial light at night

(2015) F. Holker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

(2015) K. J. Gaston et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lamp-Lit Bridges as Dual Light-Traps for the Night-Swarming Mayfly, Ephoron virgo: Interaction of Polarized and Unpolarized Light Pollution

(2015) Denes Szaz et al.   PLoS One

Spotlight on fish: Light pollution affects circadian rhythms of European perch but does not cause stress

(2015) Anika Brüning et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Bright nights and social interactions: a neglected issue

(2014) R. H. J. M. Kurvers et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Artificial light as a disturbance to light-naïve streams

(2014) Elizabeth K. Perkin et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Biogeography of time partitioning in mammals

(2014) J. J. Bennie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Freshwater Biodiversity and Aquatic Insect Diversification

(2013) Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

(2013) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The effects of artificial lighting on adult aquatic and terrestrial insects

(2013) Elizabeth K. Perkin et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

The impact of light pollution on diel changes in the photophysiology of Microcystis aeruginosa

(2013) Carina Poulin et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Do artificially illuminated skies affect biodiversity in nocturnal landscapes?

(2013) Christopher C. M. Kyba et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The role of winter phenology in shaping the ecology of freshwater fish and their sensitivities to climate change

(2012) B. J. Shuter et al.   AQUATIC SCIENCES

Street lighting delays and disrupts the dispersal of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fry

(2012) W.D. Riley et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

REVIEW: Reducing the ecological consequences of night-time light pollution: options and developments

(2012) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Street lighting disrupts the diel migratory pattern of wild Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., smolts leaving their natal stream

(2011) W.D. Riley et al.   AQUACULTURE

Impact of Chaoborus flavicans -Predation on the Zooplankton in a Mesotrophic Lake - a Three Year Study

(2011) Ines S. Jäger et al.   INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF HYDROBIOLOGY

Patterns and properties of polarized light in air and water

(2011) T. W. Cronin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How Close Do We Live to Water? A Global Analysis of Population Distance to Freshwater Bodies

(2011) Matti Kummu et al.   PLoS One

Light pollution as a biodiversity threat

(2010) Franz Hölker et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Polarized light pollution: a new kind of ecological photopollution

(2009) Gábor Horváth et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Differential light intensity and spectral sensitivities of Atlantic salmon, European sea bass and Atlantic cod pineal glands ex vivo

(2009) L.M. Vera et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Is ecological segregation in a pair of sympatric coregonines supported by divergent feeding efficiencies?

(2008) Jan Ohlberger et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES