Kauaʻi record · KCA-EP-0187
Artificial-light disruption of seabird movement
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About Artificial-light disruption of seabird movement
Attraction, disorientation or fallout of nocturnally flying seabirds caused by artificial light.
Names and classification
- Other names
- artificial-light disruption of seabird movement
- Family
- Invasive & Human-Altered Process Mechanisms
- Record type
- ecological_process
Habitat and ecology
- Ecological role
- Supports Atlas reasoning about ecosystem function, dependencies, threats, conservation leverage points and cross-module consequences.
Process and seasonal context
- Definition
- Attraction, disorientation or fallout of nocturnally flying seabirds caused by artificial light.
- Drivers
- introduced species; land use; extraction; pollution; management
- Inputs
- pressure; propagules; contaminants; removals
- Outputs
- altered hydrology; food webs; regeneration; erosion; connectivity
- Spatial scales
- site → island → watershed
- Temporal scales
- event → decades
- Validity and limits
- Context-specific; do not extrapolate across habitat, season, elevation, salinity or disturbance state without evidence.