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<p>First record of patchy coral reef off Terekhol, North Goa, India</p>

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Title Statement <p>First record of patchy coral reef off Terekhol, North Goa, India</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Sreekanth, G B ; ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute
Ingole, B S ; National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Headland
Pednekar, B ; H. N. 529, Dhaktebaag, Querim, Pernem, Goa-403524, India
Chakurkar, E B ; ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Anthropogenic activities, Coral reef, Goa, Hard coral, India
 
Summary, etc. <p style="text-align: justify;">This study reports the first time record of the patchy coral reef (~ 2 km<sup>2</sup>) 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 <em>Turbinaria mesenterina </em>(Dendrophylliidae), which is considered as a sediment tolerant coral species. A total of 25 fish species were counted and the major species recorded were <em>Chromis viridis</em>, <em>Chromis</em> sp., <em>Dascyllus</em> sp., <em>Abudefduf saxatilis</em>, <em>Abudefduf bengalensis</em>,<em> Acanthurus blochii</em>, <em>Acanthurus nigroris</em>,<em> Acanthurus </em>sp.,<em> </em>and<em> Odonus niger </em>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.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)
2022-09-01 01:02:26
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS); ##issue.vol## 51, ##issue.no## 03 (2022)
 
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