Abstract The Andaman Sea lies on the eastern edge of the Indian Ocean, bordered to the
west by an arc of islands stretching from northern Sumatra to the Irrawaddy delta. Fringing …

Coral reefs are one of the most ancient and dynamic ecosystems of India. The coral reefs not
only provide a sanctuary to a myriad of marine life but also play a key role in protecting the …

Agriocnemis keralensis Peters, 1981 is reported for the first time from Maharashtra, India.
Previously it was known from Kerala and Goa states. In this paper we report A. keralensis …

Coral bleaching has emerged as an outright menace for the coral reefs right through their
global distribution range. Despite being rated among the highly diverse biological …

An extensive survey to explore the variety and distribution of octocorals and associated
faunal community in and around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands yielded two species …

Abstract Background West coast of India is characterized by the presence of rich rocky out-
crops with a diversity of poorly illuminated vertical rocky walls, crevices, caves, tunnels and …

Coral reefs-the" rainforests of the sea," are an endangered ecosystem and are disappearing
at an alarming rate due to numerous threats, including over-fishing, global warming and …

Coral cover, live-form categories, bleaching and their recovery were monitored in North Bay,
South Andaman during pre-and post-tsunami periods. The reef is a fringing type, with a total …

Surveys were conducted under the project entitled “Resource exploration and
Inventorisation of Deep Sea ecosystem & Marine ecosystem Dynamics: Sagar Sampada …

Climate change is a long term significant change in average weather of a region. Prominent
natural causes of such changes are continental wave, volcanoes, ocean current, earth's tilt …