Assessment of Cyclone Lehar’s impact on seagrass meadows in Ross and Smith Islands, North Andaman

• Main Authors: V. Sachithanandam, T. Mageswaran, R. Sridhar, R. Purvaja, R. Ramesh
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Smith Island; Smith Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s11069-014-1040-8

Cyclonic storms are large-scale disturbances which cause extensive damage in coastal ecosystems. On 25 November 2013, Cyclone Lehar made a significant impact on the coastal areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We observed the pre- and post-Lehar cyclonic effects on the seagrass meadows at Ross and...