TY - BOOK AU - Malik,P. AU - Hegedüs,Ramón AU - Krisk,Györgya AU - Akesson,Susanne AU - Horvath,Gabor TI - Asphalt Surfaces As Ecological Traps for Water-Seeking Polarotactic Insects: How Can the Polarized Light Pollution of Asphalt Surfaces Be Reduced T2 - Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety SN - 9781612091068 AV - TE270.A773 2010 U1 - 639.9/7573 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated KW - Pavements, Asphalt -- Environmental aspects KW - Roads -- Design and construction KW - Light pollution KW - Phototropism in animals KW - Insects -- Effect of light on KW - Polarization (Light) KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3019029 ER -