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dc.contributor.authorTidau, Svenja
dc.contributor.authorWhittle, J
dc.contributor.authorJenkins, SR
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-12T10:07:39Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-27
dc.identifier.issn1744-9561
dc.identifier.issn1744-957X
dc.identifier.otherARTN 20220110
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/19408
dc.description.abstract

<jats:p> Mounting evidence shows that artificial light at night (ALAN) alters biological processes across levels of organization, from cells to communities. Yet, the combined impacts of ALAN and natural sources of night-time illumination remain little explored. This is in part due the lack of accurate simulations of the complex changes moonlight intensity, timing and spectra throughout a single night and lunar cycles in laboratory experiments. We custom-built a novel system to simulate natural patterns of moonlight to test how different ALAN intensities affect predator–prey relationships over the full lunar cycle. Exposure to high intensity ALAN (10 and 50 lx) reversed the natural lunar-guided foraging pattern by the gastropod mesopredator <jats:italic>Nucella lapillus</jats:italic> on its prey <jats:italic>Semibalanus balanoides</jats:italic> . Foraging decreased during brighter moonlight in naturally lit conditions. When exposed to high intensity ALAN, foraging increased with brighter moonlight. Low intensity ALAN (0.1 and 0.5 lx) had no impact on foraging. Our results show that ALAN alters the foraging pattern guided by changes in moonlight brightness. ALAN impacts on ecosystems can depend on lunar light cycles. Accurate simulations of night-time light cycle will warrant more realistic insights into ALAN impacts and also facilitate advances in fundamental night-time ecology and chronobiology. </jats:p>

dc.format.extent20220110-
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Royal Society
dc.subjectartificial light at night
dc.subjectforaging
dc.subjectlunar biology
dc.subjectlunar cycles
dc.subjectmoonlight
dc.subjectsensory ecology
dc.titleArtificial light at night reverses monthly foraging pattern under simulated moonlight
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
plymouth.author-urlhttps://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000832684200002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=11bb513d99f797142bcfeffcc58ea008
plymouth.issue7
plymouth.volume18
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalBiology Letters
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rsbl.2022.0110
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Users by role/Academics
dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-07-11
dc.rights.embargodate2022-8-6
dc.identifier.eissn1744-957X
dc.rights.embargoperiodNot known
rioxxterms.funderNatural Environment Research Council
rioxxterms.identifier.projectArtificial Light Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems (ALICE)
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1098/rsbl.2022.0110
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
plymouth.funderArtificial Light Impacts on Coastal Ecosystems (ALICE)::Natural Environment Research Council


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