Evidence of Coral Diseases, Phase Shift, and Stressors in the Atolls of Lakshadweep Islands, Arabian Sea—With Geographical Notes on Their Occurrence within the Indian EEZ and Contiguous International Waters

Photographic evidence of some important coral diseases (black band disease, black disease/<i>Terpios hoshinota</i>, white syndrome, pink line syndrome, pink spots, invertebrate galls, skeletal growth anomalies, tissue loss), coral competing sponges, and coral–algal phase shifts (competit...

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Main Authors: Rocktim Ramen Das, Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj, Gopi Mohan, Nina Tabitha Simon, Purvaja Ramachandran, Ramesh Ramachandran, Pandian Krishnan, Deepak Samuel Vijay Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/382