Artificial light at night suppresses the metabolic response of a coral reef fish to a virtual predator.

Izzy C Tiddy, Manuel Vidal, Suzanne C Mills, Ricardo Beldade, Shaun S Killen

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Article in Conservation physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Izzy C TiddySchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3112-4925

Manuel VidalInstitut de Neurosciences de la Timone, UMR 7289, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, 27, Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8504-1500

Suzanne C MillsPSL Université Paris: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, UAR 3278 CRIOBE, Papetoai, Mo'orea, BP 1013, 98729, French Polynesia.

Ricardo BeldadePontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Avda. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, 340 Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-0122

Shaun S KillenSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988

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Abstract

Artificial light at night is an increasingly widespread feature of coastal environments and is known to alter animal physiology, but its effects on predator-prey interactions are poorly understood. Here, we show that chronic exposure to artificial light fundamentally alters metabolic responses to predation risk in a coral reef fish. Using immersive virtual reality to present a standardized visual predator stimulus while simultaneously measuring oxygen uptake, we quantified responses of wild-caught Polynesian anemonefish

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Artificial light at nightcoral reefsmetabolismpredationvirtual reality

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PMID42516911

DOI10.1093/conphys/coag045

PMCPMC13402952

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