Bright lights, big city: Influences of ecological light pollution on reciprocal stream-riparian invertebrate fluxes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1322-1330

  Meyer, Lars A ^a   Sullivan, S Mažeika P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological light pollution; Ecosystem function; Stream riparian invertebrate fluxes; Tetragnathid spiders; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; INSECT; LIGHT POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPIDER; STREAMWATER; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INVERTEBRATES; LIGHT; OHIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

COLUMBUS [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879544695     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2007.1     Document Type: Article

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