Disease and stress-induced mortality of corals in Indian reefs and observations on bleaching of corals in the Andamans

• Main Authors: Ravindran, J., Raghukumar, C., Raghukumar, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Current Science Association, Bangalore, India 1999
• Subjects: coral reefs; coral; mortality; necroses; predation; biological stress; silting; Ross Island; Indian; Paga
• Online Access: http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1865

A study was carried out in the Lakshadweep and Andaman islands and the Gulf of Kutch to assess the health of corals in Indian reefs. Disease, predation and stress were the major factors of coral mortality. Death caused by diseases - the black band disease (BBD), the white band disease (WBD) - necrot...