Incursion of the killer sponge Terpios hoshinota Rützler & Muzik, 1993 on the coral reefs of the Lakshadweep archipelago, Arabian Sea.

Autor: Das, Rocktim Ramen, Sreeraj, Chemmencheri Ramakrishnan, Mohan, Gopi, Abhilash, Kottarathil Rajendran, Deepak Samuel, Vijay Kumar, Ramachandran, Purvaja, Ramachandran, Ramesh
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Zdroj: Journal of Threatened Taxa; 2020, Vol. 12 Issue 14, p17009-17013, 5p
Abstrakt: Our study documents the outbreak of a coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in the coral reefs of Lakshadweep archipelago and highlights that it has further extended its territory into the isolated atolls of Arabian Sea and maybe a growing threat to the existing coral reefs in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index