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Coral disease prevalence in Gulf of Mannar and Lakshadweep Islands

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Title Coral disease prevalence in Gulf of Mannar and Lakshadweep Islands
 
Creator Thangaradjou, T.
Machendiranathan, M.
Ranith, R.
Senthilnathan, L.
Sasamal, S. K.
Choudhury, S.B.
 
Subject Disease prevalence
Coral
Gulf of Mannar
Lakshadweep
Mortality
 
Description 1755-1762
Coral disease prevalence was higher in Coral reefs of Gulf of Mannar (GOM) (Kurusadai= 23.42% and Manoli = 15.23%) than in the Lakshadweep group (Kavaratti = 11.2% and Agatti= 9.65%). white band, white pox, white plague, pink line syndrome, pink spot, yellow band, fungal blotch, black band and necrotic patches were all observed during the survey. Pink spot disease (35.08%) was the most prevalent disease among other observed infections. Massive corals especially Porites Spp. was highly affected (18.2%) and followed by Pocillopora (6%) Acropora (5.3%), Goniastrea (3.6%), Favia (3.5%), Montipora (2.3%) , Favia (3.5%), Galaxea (1.3%) and Fungia (0.89%) . Massive corals were found more susceptible to diseases than branching corals. High levels of new mortality and disease prevalence at Kavaratti and Agatti islands suggests that the coral reefs of Lakshadweep are facing increasing pressure from a variety of stresses.
 
Date 2017-02-21T05:21:34Z
2017-02-21T05:21:34Z
2016-12
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/40536
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.45(12) [December 2016]