Ayden Chang Rose Hills
Lanternfish Bone Density in a Changing Climate
Lanternfish are some of, if not the most populous fish on our planet, we once even mistook them for our sea floor because they were so densely packed that our sonar bounced off the massive layer of lanternfish when surveying. They are everywhere in our oceans, and are thus perfect contenders for looking at how climate change affects them, notably, effects like ocean acidification has shown to impact the density of hard shelled ‘calcareous’ organisms like bivalves and and corals, but in fish it is less known or certain, and if true, it is yet another troubling aspect of climate change we are yet to address. This project aims to investigate the question of how has (lantern)fish bone density changed over time,and is there any correlation with ocean acidification or other climate change factors?
Message To Sponsor
Thank you very much for providing the funding for me to conduct this project over the summer! The effect that climate change is having is one that shouldn't be ignored, and looking at the organismal level is crucial to helping better understand the environmental level which informs climate policy all over the world.