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Article

Light Pollution Affects the Coastal Zone of Lake Baikal

by
Dmitry Karnaukhov
1,*,
Maria Teplykh
2,
Еkaterina Dolinskaya
1,2,
Sofya Biritskaya
1,2,
Yana Ermolaeva
2,
Viktoria Pushnica
2,
Iya Kuznetsova
2,
Anastasia Okholina
2,
Lidia Bukhaeva
2 and
Еugene Silow
1
1
Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk 664025, Russia
2
Biology and Soil Science Department, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk 664003, Russia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Limnol. Rev. 2021, 21(3), 165-168; https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2021-0015
Published: 22 December 2021

Abstract

The role of light pollution in aquatic ecosystems functioning has increased in recent times. In addition, the effect of such pollution has mostly been studied in coastal marine ecosystems, leaving freshwater ecosystems much less studied. In the p resent work, we investigated the effect of light pollution on the coastal zone of the ancient Lake Baikal ecosystem. Both a laboratory experiment and field research were conducted. The results of the experiment showed the presence of statistically significant differences (р = 0.009) between fish feeding on amphipods with and without daylight conditions, while there were no such differences between daylight and artificial light conditions. At the same time, video recordings revealed both a low number of specimens and a low species diversity of amphipods near to the village with a developed system of street lights, while in the village with a nearly nonexistent light system, the species diversity and a number of amphipods were much higher. One plausible explanation for such influence of light pollution on the quality and quantity of Baikal amphipod fauna might be the sum of several factors such as high water transparency and daily vertical migrations of amphipods.
Keywords: amphipods; artificial light; Lake Baikal; light pollution amphipods; artificial light; Lake Baikal; light pollution

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Karnaukhov, D.; Teplykh, M.; Dolinskaya, Е.; Biritskaya, S.; Ermolaeva, Y.; Pushnica, V.; Kuznetsova, I.; Okholina, A.; Bukhaeva, L.; Silow, Е. Light Pollution Affects the Coastal Zone of Lake Baikal. Limnol. Rev. 2021, 21, 165-168. https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2021-0015

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Karnaukhov D, Teplykh M, Dolinskaya Е, Biritskaya S, Ermolaeva Y, Pushnica V, Kuznetsova I, Okholina A, Bukhaeva L, Silow Е. Light Pollution Affects the Coastal Zone of Lake Baikal. Limnological Review. 2021; 21(3):165-168. https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2021-0015

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Karnaukhov, Dmitry, Maria Teplykh, Еkaterina Dolinskaya, Sofya Biritskaya, Yana Ermolaeva, Viktoria Pushnica, Iya Kuznetsova, Anastasia Okholina, Lidia Bukhaeva, and Еugene Silow. 2021. "Light Pollution Affects the Coastal Zone of Lake Baikal" Limnological Review 21, no. 3: 165-168. https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2021-0015

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Karnaukhov, D., Teplykh, M., Dolinskaya, Е., Biritskaya, S., Ermolaeva, Y., Pushnica, V., Kuznetsova, I., Okholina, A., Bukhaeva, L., & Silow, Е. (2021). Light Pollution Affects the Coastal Zone of Lake Baikal. Limnological Review, 21(3), 165-168. https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2021-0015

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