Climate Change-Induced Coral Bleaching in Malvan Marine Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

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Incursion of killer spongeTerpios hoshinotaon the coral reefs of Lakshadweep archipelago

“…Moreover, reports of turf algae being a dominant component in the atolls 17 might indicate towards a faster transition. Globally Elevated SST is a major threat to coral reefs 19 , and the reefs of India 20,21,22 including the atolls 23 are no different. With reports indicating that elevated SST has already depleted the coral ecosystem of Lakshadweep which was evident during 1998 17 , 2010 23 and 2016 19 mass bleaching events, it can provide an opportunity for sponges to invade 24 .…”

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

“…Moreover, reports of turf algae being a dominant component in the atolls (Arthur et al 2005) might indicate a faster transition. Globally Elevated SST is a major threat to coral reefs (Hughes et al 2018), and the reefs of India (Edward et al 2018;Krishnan et al 2018;Raj et al 2018b) including the atolls (Vinoth et al 2012) are no different. With reports indicating that elevated SST has already depleted the coral ecosystem of Lakshadweep, which was evident during 1998 (Arthur et al 2005), 2010 (Vinoth et al 2012), and 2016 (Hughes et al 2018) mass bleaching events, it can provide an opportunity for sponges to invade (Bell et al 2013) .…”