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Artificial light at night (ALAN) causes variable dose-responses in a sandy beach isopod

Quintanilla-Ahumada, Diego, Quijón, Pedro A., Manríquez, Patricio H., Pulgar, José, García-Huidobro, Manuel R., Miranda, Cristian, Molina, Alfredo, Zuloaga, Rodrigo, Duarte, Cristian·2022·Environmental Science and Pollution Research
DOI 10.1007/s11356-021-17344-2
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Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) is expanding worldwide, and the study of its influence remains limited mainly to documenting impacts, overlooking the variation in key characteristics of the artificial light such as its intensity. The potential dose-response of fitness-related traits to different light intensities has not been assessed in sandy beach organisms. Hence, this study explored dose-responses to ALAN by exposing the intertidal sandy beach isopod Tylos spinulosus to a range of light intensities at night: 0 (control), 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 lx. We quantified the response of this species at the molecular (RNA:DNA ratios), physiological (absorption efficiency) and organismal (growth rate) levels. Linear and non-linear regressions were used to explore the relationship between light intensity and the isopod response. The regressions showed that increasing light intensity caused an overall ~ threefold decline in RNA:DNA ratios and a ~ threefold increase in absorption efficiency, with strong dose-dependent effects. For both response variables, non-linear regressions also identified likely thresholds at 80 lx (RNA:DNA) and 40 lx (absorption efficiency). By contrast, isopod growth rates were unrelated (unaltered) by the increase in light intensity at night. We suggest that ALAN is detrimental for the condition of the isopods, likely by reducing the activity and feeding of these nocturnal organisms, and that the isopods compensate this by absorbing nutrients more efficiently in order to maintain growth levels.

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Authors
Quintanilla-Ahumada, D., Quijón, P. A., Manríquez, P. H., Pulgar, J., García-Huidobro, M. R., Miranda, C., Molina, A., Zuloaga, R., & Duarte, C.
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  • Universidad Andrés Bello (CL)
  • University of Prince Edward Island (CA)
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Venue
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2022-01-21
Volume
29
Issue
24
Pages
35977-35985
ISSN
  • 0944-1344 (ISSN-L)
  • 1614-7499
DOI
10.1007/s11356-021-17344-2
OpenAlex
W4205419479
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en
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Funders
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (1200794)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Crustacean biology and ecology
Keywords
artificial light at night, light intensity, dose-response relationship, RNA/DNA ratio, absorption efficiency, growth rate, light threshold, intertidal invertebrates, light pollution
MeSH terms
Light Pollution, Animals, DNA, RNA, Causality, Isopoda

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