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Polychaete infestation on porite corals in the Andaman Sea

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Title Polychaete infestation on porite corals in the Andaman Sea
 
Creator Dam Roy, S
Sreeraj, S
George, Grinson
 
Subject Polycheate
Coral Reefs
 
Description Polychaete infestations are common among the porites group of corals in Andaman and Nicobar group of
islands. However, these infestations occur in small numbers and the intensity of the effect is not so
pronounced. The number and intensities of polychaetes in various transects surveyed indicates that anthropogenic
activities are playing a major role in proliferating the polychaete infestation, which are otherwise in
a low profile. The surveys were conducted for assessing the reef health status at North Bay, Havelock Hathi
Dera, Aberdeen jetty, Chidiyatapu, and North Wandoor. In sites which are directly exposed to human
activities, the number of feather duster polychaetes and Christmas tree polychaetes are high. In North Bay
reef the polychaete infection was very high which shows the effect of tourism. Aberdeen jetty and
Havelock jetty also, the polychaete number is high on Porites sp. Such incidences are not encountered in
areas with less anthropogenic disturbance.
 
Date 2009
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9235/1/16.pdf
Dam Roy, S and Sreeraj, S and George, Grinson (2009) Polychaete infestation on porite corals in the Andaman Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 50 (2). pp. 224-227.