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Community organization of reef fishes in the live coral sub-habitat of Kavaratti atoll, Lakshadweep, India

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Title Community organization of reef fishes in
the live coral sub-habitat of Kavaratti atoll,
Lakshadweep, India
 
Creator Vijay Anand, P E
Pillai, N G K
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description Data on the community organization of coral reef fishes of Kavaratti atoll,
Lakshadweep, India were collected during the period January 1991 to June
1992. Species were enumerated by visual census on the live coral sub-habitat
for frequency of occurrence, abundance, composition, diversity, evenness and
seasonal variation in community parameters. As the live coral zone was
composed of a single species of ramose coral (Acropora formosa), only 14 families
and 39 species of reef fishes made use of this zone, the community diversity
being 1.84 and 3.16. Chaetodontids, labrids and pomacentrids were
comparatively more abundant. Varying habitats of chaetodontids explain their
restricted distribution. Live coral does not seem to be a preferred habitat of
labrids. The occurrence of epinephelids was influenced by readily available
prey. Most species among live coral were resident, variations resulted from
factors affecting new recruits rather than habitat shifts.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 2004
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/150/1/IJF_51_no.1_%2C2004_-_12.pdf
Vijay Anand, P E and Pillai, N G K (2004) Community organization of reef fishes in the live coral sub-habitat of Kavaratti atoll, Lakshadweep, India. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 51 (1). pp. 87-95.