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Human impacts on Lakshadweep Atolls, India

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Title Human impacts on Lakshadweep Atolls, India
 
Creator Jeyabaskaran, R
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description The Lakshadweep (Laccadive) islands are situated
in the Arabian Sea about 225 to 450 km from the
southwest coast of India. These islands situated 1 to 2
meters above mean sea level has a very thin lens of fresh
water floating over the seawater. Almost all fresh water
sources are contaminated due to seawater intrusion. The
drinking water wells contain excessive nitrate
concentration originating from septic tanks, other human
wastes and fertilizers used in garden. All drinking water
sources show positive bacterial (faecal coliform) count
exceeding the normal level. Increasing population
pressure (2600 people / km2) leading to the accumulation
of more diseases in corals. The newly emerging disease
Red Plague Syndrome is spreading very fast in these
islands. The anthropogenic impacts on coral reefs are
discussed in the paper in detail.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6849/1/JB-10th_ICRS_Paper.pdf
Jeyabaskaran, R (2006) Human impacts on Lakshadweep Atolls, India. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, 2006, Kinawa, Japan.