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Coralline algae-the untouched life forms in the reefs of Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern India
並列摘要
Gulf of Mannar has long been considered as one of the wealthy reef ecosystems and first ever international coral reef symposium was organized here. Since then, there have been many works regarding the coral reefs and associated organisms of this region. But one major category, the coralline algae has been left out by the scientists because of the tedious sampling protocol though they are an integral part in any reef ecosystem and most of the phycologists in India are not scuba divers and coralline algae are hardly washed ashore. In this paper, four islands of Gulf of Mannar (Vaan, Koswari, Kariyachalli and Vilanguchalli islands) were studied to ascertain the status and role of coralline algae. Live coral cover was 50.13, 23.11, 42.35 and 28.65% respectively in Vaan, Koswari, Kariyachalli and Vilanguchalli islands and the overall cover of coralline algae was 5.09, 6.53, 9.64 and 6.98% respectively.