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Occurrence of Live Rhodolith Bed of Lithophyllum kotschyanum Unger (Corallinaceae:Lithophylloideae) in Palk Bay:First Record from India


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1 National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
 

Rhodoliths are nodular form of marine free-living, non-geniculate, crustose coralline red algae, resembling the corals. The communities, in which they dominate are referred to as ‘rhodolith beds’, ‘rhodolites’ or ‘maerl’. Rhodoliths assume different sizes, shapes and forms (small thalli-like, twig-like, large round shaped, branching/unbranching, etc.) based on different factors such as water motion, bioturbation, grazing, fouling, bleaching, etc..
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  • Occurrence of Live Rhodolith Bed of Lithophyllum kotschyanum Unger (Corallinaceae:Lithophylloideae) in Palk Bay:First Record from India

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Authors

C. R. Sreeraj
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
K. R. Abhilash
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
V. Deepak Samuel
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
P. Krishnan
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
R. Purvaja
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India
R. Ramesh
National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Anna University Campus, Chennai 600 025, India

Abstract


Rhodoliths are nodular form of marine free-living, non-geniculate, crustose coralline red algae, resembling the corals. The communities, in which they dominate are referred to as ‘rhodolith beds’, ‘rhodolites’ or ‘maerl’. Rhodoliths assume different sizes, shapes and forms (small thalli-like, twig-like, large round shaped, branching/unbranching, etc.) based on different factors such as water motion, bioturbation, grazing, fouling, bleaching, etc..

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi03%2F445-446