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Biology of corals and coral reefs

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Title Biology of corals and coral reefs
 
Creator Rajkumar, R.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject coral
coral reefs
taxonomy
geographical distribution
calcification
faunal provinces
physiology
literature reviews
 
Description This chapter deals with biology of corals, coral reefs (in general) and coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. Biology of corals is lucidly dealt with, beginning from the clarification on hermatypic and ahermatypic forms. A complete account on the systematic position is presented. The general structure is depicted with illustrations. Physiology part is updated to current knowledge on reproduction, nutrition and excretion of corals. The coral reefs section begins with status of world reefs in the introduction followed by community metabolism, trophic status, calcification rates of world's major reefs, reef fishery, zonation, reef types and evolution of coral reefs. Under coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, information about Indian Ocean reefs, location, faunal diversity, studies so far and present status were gathered and given in a neat account.
 
Date 2009-01-07T09:40:11Z
2009-01-07T09:40:11Z
2001
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier The Indian Ocean: A perspective, Ed by: SenGupta, R.; Desa, Ehrlich. Vol.2; 467-494p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1519
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [2001]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Oxford and IBH, New Delhi