Malik, P. <br/><br/>
Asphalt Surfaces As Ecological Traps for Water-Seeking Polarotactic Insects :  How Can the Polarized Light Pollution of Asphalt Surfaces Be Reduced. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (59 pages) 
 - Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety .
 - Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety .
<br/><br/>Intro -- ASPHALT SURFACES AS ECOLOGICAL TRAPS FOR WATER-SEEKING POLAROTACTIC INSECTS:  HOW CAN THE POLARIZED LIGHT POLLUTION OF ASPHALT SURFACES  BE REDUCED? -- ASPHALT SURFACES AS ECOLOGICAL TRAPS FOR WATER-SEEKING POLAROTACTIC INSECTS:  HOW CAN THE POLARIZED LIGHT POLLUTION OF ASPHALT SURFACES  BE REDUCED? -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- AUTHORS' CONTACT INFORMATION -- Chapter 1    INTRODUCTION: POLAROTACTIC INSECTS ATTRACTED TO ASPHALT ROADS AND POLARIZED  LIGHT POLLUTION OF  ASPHALT SURFACES -- 1.1. ATTRACTION OF POLAROTACTIC AQUATIC INSECTS TO DRY ASPHALT ROADS -- 1.2. POLARIZED LIGHT POLLUTION AND POLARIZED ECOLOGICAL TRAPS -- Chapter 2    METHOD: MEASURING THE POLARIZATION PATTERNS OF ASPHALT SURFACES BY IMAGING POLARIMETRY -- Chapter 3    RESULTS -- 3.1. POLAROTACTIC AQUATIC INSECTS OBSERVED TO LAND ON ASPHALT ROADS -- 3.2. REFLECTION-POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS OF ASPHALT SURFACES -- Chapter 4    DISCUSSION -- 4.1. WHEN DO ASPHALT SURFACES REFLECT HIGHLY AND HORIZONTALLY POLARIZED LIGHT? -- 4.2. REDUCING THE POLARIZED LIGHT POLLUTION OF ASPHALT SURFACES -- Chapter 5    CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612091068 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pavements, Asphalt -- Environmental aspects.<br/>Roads -- Design and construction.<br/>Light pollution.<br/>Phototropism in animals.<br/>Insects -- Effect of light on.<br/>Polarization (Light).
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TE270.A773 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>639.9/7573