Light Pollution Changes the Toxicological Effects of Cadmium on Microbial Community Structure and Function Associated with Leaf Litter Decomposition

Liu, Zhuangzhuang; Lv, Yanna; Ding, Rongcai; Chen, Xiaxia; Pu, Gaozhong

doi:10.3390/ijms21020422

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“…Otros problemas que origina la intensidad de luz urbana o suburbana incluyen el cambio de color en las hojas de árboles, retención prolongada en especies de hoja caduca, floración y brotación a destiempo, crecimiento o defensa contra patógenos (Falcón et al, 2020). En el caso de los hongos, Liu et al (2020) investigaron los efectos interactivos entre ALAN y la capacidad de la comunidad fúngica para descomponer la basura acuática, encontrando que ALAN inhibe la capacidad de descomposición de la comunidad fúngica.…”

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La problemática ambiental de la contaminación lumínica: una revisión

Rueda-Punina

2022

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La polución lumínica, catalogada como un tipo de degradación ambiental ha sido poco o nada estudiada en Ecuador, pero por el contrario, a nivel internacional ha contado con un amplio análisis, evidenciando sus efectos sobre la astronomía, energía, economía y seres humanos, pero también y principalmente sobre la naturaleza, encontrando como principal responsable a la luz artificial nocturna (ALAN) en todas sus presentaciones. El presente artículo empieza con una breve revisión de la teoría relacionada a contaminación lumínica. Después se presentan los resultados de las investigaciones científicas realizadas en la última década (2012 – 2022) sobre los efectos de esta problemática en la flora y fauna existente a nivel internacional. Se presenta también una recopilación de las investigaciones llevadas a cabo a nivel nacional. Gracias a esto, se conoció los serios problemas que afronta la flora y fauna existente, debido a la interferencia directa o indirecta de ALAN en los procesos naturales de desarrollo, movimiento, reproducción, depredación y alimentación en diferentes especies de fauna y flora, encontrando, dentro del primer grupo, a los insectos y aves como los más afectados y estudiados. A nivel nacional, apenas 4 son los estudiados que han tratado de abordar esta problemática, mismos que han sido enfocados en insectos y mamíferos dentro de la fauna, pero han sido inexistentes los estudios en la flora. Existe un gran nicho de estudio para la academia, sector público y privado del país, cuyos resultados permitirían proponer la creación de políticas y normas específicas para este tipo de degradación ambiental. Se invita a las áreas antes mencionadas, a impulsar estudios interdisciplinarios que permitan conocer los efectos que ALAN esté provocando en la flora y fauna.

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La problemática ambiental de la contaminación lumínica: una revisión

Rueda-Punina

2022

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“…A total of 216 studies were identified. These studies included behavioral and physiological responses in plants [59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77]; arthropods, including insects and spiders [71,; fish ; amphibians [148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159]; reptiles [160][161][162][163][164][165][166][167]; birds ; and non-human mammals, including bats, primates, rodents, and marsupials [24,160,161,174,, when their habitats, aquatic or terrestrial, were artificially illuminated with direct or indirect emissions of ALAN (i.e., all light sources of artificial light). The results of our systematic review show that the most studied organism groups exposed to night-time illumination were birds (76 studies); arthropods, insects and spiders (43 studies); non-human mammals, including bats, primates, rodents, and marsupials (30...…”

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“…In addition, ALAN was shown as a disruptor of processes that can even affect interactions between plants and other organisms. For instance, plants exposed to ALAN demonstrated an earlier initiation of budburst [63], an early and increased flowering process [60,64,65], a delayed flowering state [66], altered plant-herbivore interactions [67,68], altered leaf litter decomposition [69,70], and disrupted pollen transport [68].…”

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

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The application of lighting technologies developed in the 20th century has increased the brightness and changed the spectral composition of nocturnal night-time habitats and night skies across urban, peri-urban, rural, and pristine landscapes, and subsequently, researchers have observed the disturbance of biological rhythms of flora and fauna. To reduce these impacts, it is essential to translate relevant knowledge about the potential adverse effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) from research into applicable urban lighting practice. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify and report, via a systematic review, the effects of exposure to different physical properties of artificial light sources on various organism groups, including plants, arthropods, insects, spiders, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and non-human mammals (including bats, rodents, and primates). PRISMA 2020 guidelines were used to identify a total of 1417 studies from Web of Science and PubMed. In 216 studies, diverse behavioral and physiological responses were observed across taxa when organisms were exposed to ALAN. The studies showed that the responses were dependent on high illuminance levels, duration of light exposure, and unnatural color spectra at night and also highlighted where research gaps remain in the domains of ALAN research and urban lighting practice. To avoid misinterpretation, and to define a common language, key terminologies and definitions connected to natural and artificial light have been provided. Furthermore, the adverse impacts of ALAN urgently need to be better researched, understood, and managed for the development of future lighting guidelines and standards to optimize sustainable design applications that preserve night-time environment(s) and their inhabiting flora and fauna.

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“…The described effects of night lighting (including by LEDs) include tree leaf colouring, retention/abscission (on deciduous trees), budding, flowering, growth, or defence against pathogens. In the case of fungi involved in litter decomposition of streams, and which play a key role in the carbon and nutrient dynamics of stream ecosystems, ALAN can alter community structure and composition, resulting in inhibition of litter decomposition ( Liu et al, 2020 ).…”

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

et al. 2020

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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 environment. We provide an overview of the tremendous variety of light-detection strategies which have evolved in living organisms - unicellular, plants and animals, covering chloroplasts (plants), and the plethora of ocular and extra-ocular organs (animals). We describe the visual pigments which permit photo-detection, paying attention to their spectral characteristics, which extend from the ultraviolet into infrared. We discuss how organisms use light information in a way crucial for their development, growth and survival: phototropism, phototaxis, photoperiodism, and synchronization of circadian clocks. These aspects are treated in depth, as their perturbation underlies much of the disruptive effects of ALAN. The review goes into detail on circadian networks in living organisms, since these fundamental features are of critical importance in regulating the interface between environment and body. Especially, hormonal synthesis and secretion are often under circadian and circannual control, hence perturbation of the clock will lead to hormonal imbalance. The review addresses how the ubiquitous introduction of light-emitting diode technology may exacerbate, or in some cases reduce, the generalized ever-increasing light pollution. Numerous examples are given of how widespread exposure to ALAN is perturbing many aspects of plant and animal behaviour and survival: foraging, orientation, migration, seasonal reproduction, colonization and more. We examine the potential problems at the level of individual species and populations and extend the debate to the consequences for ecosystems. We stress, through a few examples, the synergistic harmful effects resulting from the impacts of ALAN combined with other anthropogenic pressures, which often impact the neuroendocrine loops in vertebrates. The article concludes by debating how these anthropogenic changes could be mitigated by more reasonable use of available technology – for example by restricting illumination to more essential areas and hours, directing lighting to avoid wasteful radiation and selecting spectral emissions, to reduce impact on circadian clocks. We end by discussing how society should take into account the potentially major consequences that ALAN has on the natural world and the repercussions for ongoing human health and welfare.

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Light Pollution Changes the Toxicological Effects of Cadmium on Microbial Community Structure and Function Associated with Leaf Litter Decomposition

Cited by 11 publications

References 41 publications

La problemática ambiental de la contaminación lumínica: una revisión

La problemática ambiental de la contaminación lumínica: una revisión

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

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

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