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An extensive monospecific stand of Blue coral Heliopora coerulea (Pallas, 1766) in the Chetlat atoll of Lakshadweep Archipelago

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Title An extensive monospecific stand of Blue coral Heliopora coerulea (Pallas, 1766) in the Chetlat atoll of Lakshadweep Archipelago
 
Creator Sreenath, K R
Alvin, A
Aju, K R
Jasmine, S
Sreeram, M P
Ranjith, L
Joshi, K K
 
Subject Climate
Coral reef
Microhabitats
Resilience
Single-species stands
 
Description 759-761
The study reports massive and dense Blue coral Heliopora
coerulea (Pallas, 1766) population in Chetlat atoll, one of the
northernmost atolls in the Lakshadweep Archipelago. Globally,
there are only a few instances of the occurrence of such massive
blue coral populations, mostly from Japan. Underwater survey
shows that about 60 % of the entire reef area is occupied by the
Blue coral. In addition, this atoll was observed to have lesser
cover of different species of Acropora as compared to the reports
from other Lakshadweep atolls. Both Acropora and Heliopora are
described to be mutually competitive and Heliopora are
comparatively more resilient to climatic stressors. The knowledge
about the occurrence of such a large swathe of the Blue corals is
important in the current scenario of the widespread deterioration
of the coral reefs due to changing climate.
 
Date 2021-12-22T06:41:54Z
2021-12-22T06:41:54Z
2021-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58637
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.50(09) [September 2021]