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Report on widespread occurrence of colonial epizoan ascidian Didemnum sp. in the seagrass beds of Gulf of Mannar

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Title Report on widespread occurrence of colonial epizoan ascidian Didemnum sp.
in the seagrass beds of Gulf of Mannar
 
Creator Jeyabaskaran, R
Raji, N
Prema, D
Kripa, V
 
Subject Invertebrata
Marine Mammals
Marine Environment
 
Description The seagrass beds of Gulf of Mannar are one of
the major habitats of the Sea cow Dugong dugon.
This species is a herbivore that has become more
vulnerable in the recent decades caused by habitat
degradation due to anthropogenic activities.
Ecologically, seagrass beds play several roles such
as primary producers, food for herbivores, trapping
sediments, preventing erosion and providing shelter
for juvenile fishes. Seagrasses also serve as a
substrate for fouling organisms, usually epiphytes
such as barnacles, polychaetes, ascidians etc.
 
Publisher Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2014
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10553/1/2_Report%20on_222.pdf
Jeyabaskaran, R and Raji, N and Prema, D and Kripa, V (2014) Report on widespread occurrence of colonial epizoan ascidian Didemnum sp. in the seagrass beds of Gulf of Mannar. Marine Fisheries Information Service; Technical and Extension Series (222). pp. 7-8. ISSN 0254-380 X