Light pollution affects coastal ecosystems too – this underwater ‘canary’ is warning of the impacts
- Written by: Kathleen Laura Sterup, Postgraduate in Marine Biology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Wikimedia Commons/Luca Davenport-Thomas, CC BY-SAIn the early 20th century, canaries were used as early warning systems in coal mines to alert miners to rising levels of carbon monoxide.
A small unremarkable fish may fill a similar role in coastal ecosystems around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Triplefins, or kokopara, are common in a range of shallow...