Asphalt Surfaces As Ecological Traps for Water-Seeking Polarotactic Insects : How Can the Polarized Light Pollution of Asphalt Surfaces Be Reduced.
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- 9781612091068
- 639.9/7573
- TE270.A773 2010
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.
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