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New records of corals from Lakshadweep Islands

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Title New records of corals from Lakshadweep Islands
 
Creator Jeyabaskaran, R
 
Subject Coral Reefs
 
Description The Lakshadweep (Laccadive Islands) is situated in the Arabian Sea (71"-74"E Longitudes
and 8"- 12"N Latitudes) about 225-450 km from the southwest coast of India. There are 27 islands
in Lakshadweep covering a total land area of 28.54 km2 of which, 11 islands are inhabited and
have a land area of 26.89 km2, while the 16 uninhabited islets are 1.65 km2 (Attakoya, 2000).
Most of the islands are located within the 12 atolls. The height of the land above sea level in the
islands is generally 1-2 m and the terrain is mostly flat. Lakshadweep is lying along a north-south
axis (except Androth Island, the length of which is in East-West direction) with lagoon on the west
and open sea on the east. Estimated total coral reef area in these islands is 276 km2 including the
reef flat area of 136.5 km2 (Bahuguna and Nayak, 1998).
 
Publisher ZSI, Culcutta
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/6850/1/New_records_of_corals_from_lakshdweep_islands.pdf
Jeyabaskaran, R (2009) New records of corals from Lakshadweep Islands. Records of Zoological Survey of India, 109 (1). pp. 53-64.