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Report of Four Imperative Marine Macrobenthic Fauna from the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India

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Ruzbeh Mirza, Ankita Viradiya, Sunita Salunke and Geeta Padate

Report of Four Imperative Marine Macrobenthic Fauna from the Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India

The coral reef ecosystems world over are in danger of bleaching due to climate change and global warming. These coral reefs because of their high productivity support huge diversity of fauna. These fauna are also likely to face dangers due to coral bleaching and climate change. Hence documenting the rare fauna becomes important. Gulf of Kachchh bestowed with coral reef fauna, forms one of the four major reefs in India. Though the study of Coral reef fauna from Gulf is more than a century old, it is one of the least studied reefs in India. During our visits to Pirotan, Kalumbhar... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8661.1000180

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