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. 2015 May 5;370(1667):20140133.
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0133.

The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

Kevin J Gaston  1 , Marcel E Visser  2 , Franz Hölker  3
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The biological impacts of artificial light at night: the research challenge

Kevin J Gaston et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. .
No abstract available

Keywords: communities; dose-response; individuals; light spectrum; night-time.

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Figure 1.
Remote imagery of artificial light at night. (a) Monthly composite satellite image of night-time light from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) day/night band (DNB). NASA Earth Observatory image, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data provided by NOAA National Geophysical Data Center. (b) Photograph of the Iberian Peninsula at night from the International Space Station showing Spain and Portugal. Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov).
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