Effects of artificial light at night on coastal ecosystems

该项目旨在确定夜间人工灯光对沿海海洋生态系统的生态影响。夜间的人造光是一种普遍存在的压力源，它扰乱了生态和进化过程的基本驱动因素：自然光循环。该项目将采用野外实验和微生物生态学相结合的整体方法，在生物和生态组织的多个层面上评估人造光的影响。预期的结果包括关于物种相互作用如何调节功能变化以应对紧急的全球应激源的新知识。这将带来重大好处，包括加强对沿海系统及其提供的重要服务和社会效益的管理。

This project aims to determine the ecological effects of artificial light at night on coastal marine ecosystems. Artificial light at night is a pervasive stressor that disrupts a fundamental driver of ecological and evolutionary processes: natural light cycles. Using a holistic approach that combines field experiments and microbial ecology, this project will assess impacts of artificial light at multiple levels of biological and ecological organisation. Expected outcomes include new knowledge on how species interactions mediate functional changes in response to an emergent, global stressor. This should provide significant benefits, including enhanced management of coastal systems and the critical services and social benefits they provide.