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Coral reefs transplantation and restoration experience in Pirotan Island, Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh, India

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Title Coral reefs transplantation and restoration experience in Pirotan Island, Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh, India
 
Creator Kumar, J.S.Yogesh
Satyanarayana, Ch.
Venkataraman, K.
Beleem, I.B.
Arun, G.
Chandran, R.
Ramkumaran, K.
Kamboj, R. D.
 
Subject Artificial reef
Restoration
Transplantation
Marine National Park
Jamnagar
Gulf of Kachchh
Gujarat
 
Description 299-303
Massive corals planted over long lasting artificial reefs like concrete triangles have proven to be useful for the transplantation and restoration. A total of 215 artificial triangles were deployed with 1569 coral fragments at a small tide drain channel in Pirotan Island, Marine National Park, Gulf of Kachchh. The overall survival rate of transplanted corals was 77.57%, 7.84% of corals found detached from the triangles, 12.17% of corals bleached and 2.42% of corals dead. In addition, coral fragments overcame the impairment of the water current, sedimentation, algae cover and wave actions. Present preliminary study evident this transplantation methodology as a successful way for coral restoration in a most stressful ecosystem like the Gulf of Kuchchh.
 
Date 2017-03-16T07:51:03Z
2017-03-16T07:51:03Z
2017-02
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/40780
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.46(02) [February 2017]