<p>Occurrence of a Scyphozoan jellyfish, <em>Pelagia noctiluca </em>(Forskål, 1775) bloom in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Southern India</p>
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<p>Occurrence of a Scyphozoan jellyfish, <em>Pelagia noctiluca </em>(Forskål, 1775) bloom in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, Southern India</p> |
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Ramesh, C H Koushik, S Shunmugaraj, T Ramana Murthy, M V |
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Gulf of Mannar, Jellyfish bloom, New record, Pelagia noctiluca |
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<p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-GB">A massive Scyphozoan jellyfish bloom has been encountered in branching coral, <em>Acropora</em> dominated reef area in the southern part of Hare Island of Gulf of Mannar region, Tamil Nadu. The live specimens were identified as <em>Pelagia noctiluca</em> (Forskål, 1775), adding a new occurrence record to the Gulf of Mannar biodiversity. A sudden outburst of <em>P. noctiluca</em> bloom represented thousands of live specimens (> 100/m<sup>2</sup> approximately) in the south side of Hare Island.</span></p> |
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Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS) 2022-09-30 00:10:20 |
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application/pdf http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJMS/article/view/66097 |
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Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS); ##issue.vol## 50, ##issue.no## 02 (2021) |
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