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dc.contributor.authorHussain, A.
dc.contributor.authorIngole, B.
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-09T10:13:14Z
dc.date.available2020-08-31
dc.date.available2021-02-09T10:13:14Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationRegional Studies in Marine Science, vol.39; 2020; Article no: 101410
dc.identifier.issn2352-4855
dc.identifier.otherhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352485520305387
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101410
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/8442
dc.descriptionIF2019 - 1.183
dc.description.abstractThe 2014-2017 mass bleaching event is considered the third massive coral global bleaching event in recorded history. Based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration�s (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch (CRW) product western India was under an alert level 2 (May-June 2015) with ten-Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) followed by level 1 (six-DHW) from October-November 2015. In succession to our regular surveys, we conducted intensive bleaching surveys following the bleaching alerts issued by NOAA to quantify the coral bleaching in Grande Island along the eastern Arabian sea during October-November2015. The in-situ observations of massive bleaching (~50%) during the predicted bleaching period by NOAA CRW for the study area contrasted with a lower prevalence of bleaching before (6%) and after (8%) the event. Bleaching severity was highest in Porites spp. corals and the least in foliose Turbinaria mesenterina. The long-term effects of bleaching in this area remain to be seen. This study is the first record of massive bleaching and quantitative assessment in patchy reefs along the eastern Arabian Sea and would act as a baseline data for further reef studies.
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofReg Stud Mar Sci
dc.relation.isreferencedbySCI
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dc.titleMassive coral bleaching in the patchy reef of Grande Island, along the eastern Arabian Sea during the 2015/16 global bleaching event
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.affiliation.authorCSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, India


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