It looks like young sea turtles are not the only marine animals negatively affected by city lights. A new study has come out stating that reef clownfish have been found to have 36% less chance of survival after growing up near coasts filled with man-made lighting.
This is one of the newest studies that indicated the negative effects of artificial lighting on other marine species. Previously, such studies had primarily focused on turtles and how lights often interfered with their ability to navigate towards the sea.
But because of these new findings, more experts are weighing on how other shallow reef species could be responding to the stimulation of lights that are all too common in resorts and high-rise coastal communities.