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While certain ecological problems associated with artificial night lighting are widely known-for instance, the disorientation of sea turtle hatchlings by beachfront lighting-the vast range of influences on all types of animals and plants is only beginning to be recognized. From nest choice and breeding success of birds to behavioral and physiological changes in salamanders, many organisms are seriously affected by human alterations in natural patterns of light and dark. Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting is the first book to consider the environmental effects of the intentional illumination of the night. It brings together leading scientists from around the world to review the state of knowledge on the subject and to describe specific effects that have been observed across a full range of taxonomic groups, including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, and plants. Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting provides a scientific basis to begin addressing the challenge of conserving the nighttime environment. It cogently demonstrates the vital importance of this until-now neglected topic and is an essential new work for conservation planners, researchers, and anyone concerned with human impacts on the natural world.
Excerpt from Ecological Effects of an Artificial Island, Rincon Island, Punta Gorda, California Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th Congress, approved 7 November 1963. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This study documents marine ecological conditions at Rincon Island, located approximately 0.8 kilometer offshore between Ventura and Santa Barbara, California, in a depth of 14 meters. The island, which was constructed between 1957 and 1958 to serve as a permanent platform for oil and gas production, is particularly suitable for ecological study. Habitat features associated with the armor rock and concrete tetrapods surrounding the island support a 'microecosystem' which differs in biotic composition from surrounding natural bottom areas. A major part of the study was devoted to analysis of seasonal dynamics in biotic composition. Permanent transects extending from the high intertidal to natural bottom were established normal to each of the four cardinal sides of the island. All macrobiota were censused in duplicate 1-square meter quadrats along each transect during each of the four seasons. Data analysis indicated that many species exhibit significant variability in abundance from one season to the next. In general, the findings indicate a rich and varied fauna and flora associated with the high-relief solid substrate of Rincon Island which differs substantially from the more depauperate natural bottom habitats in the area.
Monument to Habitat Compensation Island is a research project and publication that starts with this tiny artificial island in the Arabian Gulf and addresses its implications and relations within the global landscape. It brings together regional and international creative practitioners and thinkers to consider Habitat Compensation Island as a focusing device through which we might approach the convergence of culture, commerce, and environmental reparations and the tensions their particular interests produce, amplified in the shadow of rapid climate changes.The contributors to this publication offer multiple perspectives and contexts from the hyperlocal to the global, from the specifics of the rapidly developing Emirates to rapidly melting sea ice. The essays include a regional context through urban planning, Emirati history, and culture. They explore the island imaginary, the Anthropocene, what constitutes "success" on an artificial island, and consider islands as recipes for disaster as well as salvation. We hope to share our affections for the possibilities this speck of an island suggests, and offer a platform for meditation on who, how, and what gets to speak as we literally and figuratively form a set of new geological relations. Monument to Habitat Compensation Island was conceived by Marina Zurkow & Nancy Nowacek, and includes texts by: Abdullah Al Saadi, Munira Al Sayegh, Nils Bubandt, Una Chaudhuri, Elaine Gan, Ayesha Hadhir, Graham McKay, Nancy Nowacek, and Marina Zurkow Publication Editor: Carol StakenasGraphic Design: Nancy Nowacek with Zinah Maher A Bazarbashi Translation: Ban Kattan