Fig. 1: 21st-century coral broadcast spawning observation locations in relation to underwater light pollution from coastal developments.
From: Global disruption of coral broadcast spawning associated with artificial light at night
Light exposure is defined as the average depth of biologically important ALAN throughout the year 2020 (Methods). A The Red Sea and the Gulf of Eliat; B The Persian Gulf; C The Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea; D The East China Sea; E The Sulu, Celebes, Banda, and Java Seas. F The Great Barrier Reef. Scale bars in units of degrees. Observations are also included in the analysis from the East African coast and the Caribbean. Red circles indicate the locations of spawning observations used in the analysis and the extent to which ALAN, SST, and Kd490 were averaged for each location. Scaling is different between panels, as indicated by coordinates given in white. Coordinates of spawning locations are provided in a Source Data file.
