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  2. Light pollution - Wikipedia

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    Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In a descriptive sense, the term light pollution refers to the effects of any poorly implemented lighting sources, during the day or night. Light pollution can be understood not only as a phenomenon resulting from a specific source or ...

  3. Mayfly - Wikipedia

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    Mayflies "hatch" (emerge as adults) from spring to autumn, not necessarily in May, in enormous numbers. Some hatches attract tourists. Fly fishermen make use of mayfly hatches by choosing artificial fishing flies that resemble them. One of the most famous English mayflies is Rhithrogena germanica, the fisherman's "March brown mayfly". [3]

  4. Ephemerellidae - Wikipedia

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    Ephemerellidae are known as the spiny crawler mayflies. They are a family of the order Ephemeroptera. There are eight genera consisting of a total 90 species (Merritt & Cummins). They are distributed throughout North America as well as the UK. Their habitat is lotic-erosional, they are found in all sizes of flowing streams on different types of ...

  5. Hexagenia limbata - Wikipedia

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    Binomial name. Hexagenia limbata. (Serville, 1829) [1] Hexagenia limbata, the giant mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is distributed widely near lakes and slow-moving rivers. [2] The larvae, known as nymphs, are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives.

  6. File:Light pollution.pdf - Wikipedia

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    English: Abstract The series of images presented try to bring out the corrosive relationship between light and the invisible bearers of our ecosystem. The usual invisibility of insects, and other creatures are countered by these images. Here they dominate the image.

  7. Ecological trap - Wikipedia

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    Polarized light pollution is perhaps the most compelling and well-documented cue triggering ecological traps. [10] Orientation to polarized sources of light is the most important mechanism that guides at least 300 species of dragonflies, mayflies, caddisflies, tabanid flies, diving beetles, water bugs, and other aquatic insects in their search for the water bodies they require for suitable ...

  8. Alzheimer's risk in younger people linked to nightly light ...

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    Excessive exposure to light pollution at night may raise the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers found that in people 65 and younger light pollution had a stronger correlation to ...

  9. Polarized light pollution - Wikipedia

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    Polarized light pollution [1] is a subset of the various forms of light pollution referring specifically to polarized light. In nature, water and water vapor polarize the sunlight (which itself is slightly polarized). By receiving the direction of polarized photons, some species can correct their course during migration.