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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| author | Rocktim Ramen Das Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj Gopi Mohan Nina Tabitha Simon Purvaja Ramachandran Ramesh Ramachandran Pandian Krishnan Deepak Samuel Vijay Kumar |
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| description | 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 (competitive overgrowth of the seaweed <i>Caulerpa</i> spp. over corals and competitive scleractinian interactions such as with <i>Halimeda</i> spp.) have been collected during field observations in a few atolls within the Lakshadweep archipelago, Arabian Sea. Further, earlier reports of similar diseases and other stressors within the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and its contiguous international waters, including the reefs of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, are highlighted and their distributional ranges are shown. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d89dc0ef2985464c815c0a9202a61bac2023-11-17T10:37:52ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182023-03-0115338210.3390/d15030382Evidence 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 WatersRocktim Ramen Das0Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj1Gopi Mohan2Nina Tabitha Simon3Purvaja Ramachandran4Ramesh Ramachandran5Pandian Krishnan6Deepak Samuel Vijay Kumar7National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaNational Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Chennai 600-025, IndiaPhotographic 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 (competitive overgrowth of the seaweed <i>Caulerpa</i> spp. over corals and competitive scleractinian interactions such as with <i>Halimeda</i> spp.) have been collected during field observations in a few atolls within the Lakshadweep archipelago, Arabian Sea. Further, earlier reports of similar diseases and other stressors within the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and its contiguous international waters, including the reefs of the Maldives and Sri Lanka, are highlighted and their distributional ranges are shown.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/382Indian Oceanphase shiftblack band disease<i>Terpios hoshinota</i>white syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Rocktim Ramen Das Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan Sreeraj Gopi Mohan Nina Tabitha Simon Purvaja Ramachandran Ramesh Ramachandran Pandian Krishnan Deepak Samuel Vijay Kumar 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 Diversity Indian Ocean phase shift black band disease <i>Terpios hoshinota</i> white syndrome |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| topic | Indian Ocean phase shift black band disease <i>Terpios hoshinota</i> white syndrome |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/3/382 |
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