Impact of the tsunami of 26 December 2004 on the coral reef environment of Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay in the southeast coast of India

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1729-1741

  Kumaraguru, A K ^a   Jayakumar, K ^a   Wilson, J Jerald ^a   Ramakritinan, C M ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coral bleaching; Coral disease; Gulf of Mannar; Palk Bay; Sedimentation; Shore erosion; Smothered corals; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 31644436322     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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