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Occurrence of Scleractinian corals from the outer Gulf of Kachchh, West coast of India

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Title Occurrence of Scleractinian corals from the outer Gulf of Kachchh, West coast of India
 
Creator Katira, N N
Nayak, B B
Jaiswar, A K
Joshi, N H
Kardani, H
Deshmukhe, G
 
Subject Biodiversity
Coral reef
Gulf of Kachchh
India
Scleractinian
 
Description 723-728
Coral reefs of the outer Gulf of Kachchh were surveyed for abundance and occurrences of scleractinian coral. The
survey was conducted in the intertidal zone of three selected sites, namely Okha, Mithapur, and Shivrajpur. The maximum
live coral cover area percentage was observed at Shivrajpur (72 %) followed by Mithapur (55.5 %) and Okha (45 %). In the
present study, 23 species of scleractinian corals belonging to eight different families and 12 genera were recorded. The
highest numbers of the scleractinian corals were recorded from the Shivrajpur with 22 species belonging to 12 genera
followed by Mithapur with 16 species belonging to ten genera, and Okha 12 species belonging to eight genera. The Poritidae
family contributed the highest number of scleractinian coral species assemblage followed by the Faviidae and Merulinidae
family at all the stations. Geo-morphology of the coast and anthropogenic pressures are the two factors that seemed to have
more impact on the distribution and diversity of scleractinian corals.
 
Date 2021-12-22T06:59:20Z
2021-12-22T06:59:20Z
2021-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58643
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.50(09) [September 2021]