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The ecology and distribution of alcyonaceans at Mandapam (Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar), South India

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Title The ecology and distribution of alcyonaceans at Mandapam (Palk Bay, Gulf of Mannar), South India
 
Creator Jayasree, V.
Parulekar, A.H.
 
Subject coral
distribution records
new records
check lists
ecological distribution
Sinularia dessecta
Lobophytum crassum
Sarcophyton elegans
Dampia poecilliformes
Nepthya
 
Description New distribution records for 27 species of Alcyonaceans are given. These include major genera Sinularia (12 spp.), Lobophytum (7 spp.), Sarcophyton (6 spp.), Dampia (1 sp.) and Nephthya (1 sp.). The factors that influence the distribution of corals, such as temperature, sedimentation and currents on this reef are discussed.
 
Date 2009-01-12T08:45:55Z
2009-01-12T08:45:55Z
1997
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol.94; 521-524p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1993
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1997]. 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 Bombay Natural History Society