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Community organization of coral reef fishes in the rubble sub-habitat of Kavaratti Atoll, Lakshadweep, India

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Title Community organization of coral reef fishes in the rubble sub-habitat of Kavaratti Atoll, Lakshadweep, India
 
Creator Vijay Anand, P E
Pillai, N G K
 
Subject Coral Reefs
Ornamental Fishes
 
Description A visual census of the coral reef fishes, conducted during January 1991 to June 1992, indicated the occurrence of 64 species belonging to fifteen families in the rubble sub-habitat of Kavaratti A toll (Lat. 10°33'N; Long. 7Z038'E) in Lakshadweep. The community diversity for families and
species was 2.68 and 3.58 respectively. Family assemblages were not stable during different seasons. Labridae and pomacentridae made use of the rubble zone efficiently. Pomacentrids were characteristically site attached but varied in relative abundance. Rhinecanthus aculeatus
among balistids depended on rubble for food and nesting sites. The occurrence of chaetodontids was due to their flexible feeding habits, in the absence of coral cover. Availability of food strongly determined the distribution of the surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus. The abundant
turf algae harbored by rubble attracted schools of sub-adult herbivores resulting in variations.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 2005
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2046/1/Vijay_77-82.pdf
Vijay Anand, P E and Pillai, N G K (2005) Community organization of coral reef fishes in the rubble sub-habitat of Kavaratti Atoll, Lakshadweep, India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 47 (1). pp. 77-82.