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A Note on Acroporidea Corals of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Haddo, Port Blair-744 102 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
2 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
     

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Diversity of scleractinian corals in the world ocean demonstrated by the species belong to the family Acroporidae. Andaman and Nicobar Islands represent a total of 158 species of acroporids which is equivalent to 57.04% of the global diversity. The numerical data on Shannon-Weaver diversity (H'), Simpson's density (D) and Pielou's evenness (J) indices showed a healthy state of acroporids in these islands. South Andaman region can be emphasized as the best reef environment area followed by North and Middle Andaman region and Nicobar region as all the indices such as H' (5.82), D (0.98) and J (0.94) show maximized value.

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Acroporidae, Diversity, Density, Evenness, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Authors

Tamal Mondal
Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Haddo, Port Blair-744 102 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
C. Raghunathan
Zoological Survey of India, Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Coral Reef Research Institute, Haddo, Port Blair-744 102 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
K. Venkataraman
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India

Abstract


Diversity of scleractinian corals in the world ocean demonstrated by the species belong to the family Acroporidae. Andaman and Nicobar Islands represent a total of 158 species of acroporids which is equivalent to 57.04% of the global diversity. The numerical data on Shannon-Weaver diversity (H'), Simpson's density (D) and Pielou's evenness (J) indices showed a healthy state of acroporids in these islands. South Andaman region can be emphasized as the best reef environment area followed by North and Middle Andaman region and Nicobar region as all the indices such as H' (5.82), D (0.98) and J (0.94) show maximized value.

Keywords


Acroporidae, Diversity, Density, Evenness, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.