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Spatial inventory and ecological status of coral reefs of the Central Indian Ocean using Resourcesat-1

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Title Spatial inventory and ecological status of coral reefs of the Central Indian Ocean using Resourcesat-1
 
Creator Bahuguna, A.
Chaudhury, Ray N.
Bhattji, N.
Ajai
Navalgund, R. R.
 
Subject Coral reefs
Central Indian Ocean
Resourcesat -1
Habitat Mapping
 
Description 684-696
Spatial inventory
of coral reef habitat at eco-morphological level has been carried out for the
Central Indian Ocean (CIO) using Resourcesat-1 satellite data. CIO covers
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territory.
A comprehensive classification system has been evolved and standardized to map
the coral reefs of CIO. Coral reefs of the CIO occupy 18,252.13 sq km area.
Maldivian and Indian reefs cover 79.63% (14533.60 sq km) and 13.06% (2383.87 sq
km) of CIO reef area respectively. Coral reefs of British Indian Ocean
Territory enjoy pristine ecological status among the CIO reefs. In India,
Lakshadweep followed by Andaman and Nicobar islands have certain reefs which
may be termed as pristine with the rest being in vulnerable condition. Gulf of
Kachchh reefs are in degraded condition. Sri Lankan reefs are also in
vulnerable condition. Banladesh has a single reef which is in degrading
condition. This inventory is the first of its kind providing baseline data not
only for management and conservation but also forms an important input for
climate change studies.
 
Date 2013-12-13T12:31:02Z
2013-12-13T12:31:02Z
2013-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/24796
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.42(6) [October 2013]