Reducing light-induced mortality of seabirds: high pressure sodium lights decrease the fatal attraction of shearwaters.

The use of artificial light at night and its ecological consequences are increasing around the world. Light pollution can lead to massive mortality episodes for nocturnally active petrels, one of the most threatened avian groups. Some fledglings can be attracted or disoriented by artificial light on their first flights. Studies testing the effect of artificial light characteristics on attractiveness to seabirds have not provided conclusive results and there is some urgency as some endangered petrel species experience high light-induced mortality. We designed a field experiment to test the effect of three common outdoor lighting systems with different light spectra (high pressure sodium, metal halide and light emitting diode) on the number and the body condition of grounded fledglings of the short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris. A total of 235 birds was grounded during 99 experimental hours (33 h for each treatment). 47% of …

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Rodríguez A. Dann P. y Chiaradia A. Reducing light-induced mortality of seabirds: high pressure sodium lights decrease the fatal attraction of shearwaters. Elsevier, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2017.07.001

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Date of creation 2025-05-23
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