Cloud coverage acts as an amplifier for ecological light pollution in urban ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kyba, Christopher C M ^a,b   Ruhtz, Thomas ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Hölker, Franz ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BRIGHTNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUMINANCE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT; POLLUTION; SEASON; WEATHER;

BERLIN; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LIGHT; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 79952296814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017307     Document Type: Article

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