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First record of patchy coral reef off Terekhol, North Goa, India

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Title First record of patchy coral reef off Terekhol, North Goa, India
 
Creator Sreekanth, G B
Ingole, B S
Pednekar, B
Chakurkar, E B
 
Subject Anthropogenic activities
Coral reef
Goa
Hard coral
 
Description 270-274
This study reports the first time record of the patchy coral reef (~ 2 km2) of Terekhol in North Goa, the western coast of India during January – February 2020. There were more than 07 genera/species of hard corals in the reef and is dominated by a reef building Turbinaria mesenterina (Dendrophylliidae), which is considered as a sediment tolerant coral species. A total of 25 fish species were counted and the major species recorded were Chromis viridis, Chromis sp., Dascyllus sp., Abudefduf saxatilis, Abudefduf bengalensis, Acanthurus blochii, Acanthurus nigroris, Acanthurus sp., and Odonus niger that contributed 80 % of the total fish community. The documentation and record of the reef area could give identity to the ecosystem in the spatial platform and the conservation efforts can be planned for the reef by limiting the anthropogenic activities in and around the ecosystem.
 
Date 2022-07-12T07:05:36Z
2022-07-12T07:05:41Z
2022-07-12T07:05:36Z
2022-07-12T07:05:41Z
2022-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2582-6727 (Online); 2582-6506 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/60097
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.51(03) [March 2022]