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- Title
Assessment of Cyclone Lehar's impact on seagrass meadows in Ross and Smith Islands, North Andaman.
- Authors
Sachithanandam, V.; Mageswaran, T.; Sridhar, R.; Purvaja, R.; Ramesh, R.
- Abstract
Cyclonic storms are large-scale disturbances which cause extensive damage in coastal ecosystems. On 25 November 2013, Cyclone Lehar made a significant impact on the coastal areas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. We observed the pre- and post-Lehar cyclonic effects on the seagrass meadows at Ross and Smith Island, North Andaman. The study indicates that the seagrass meadows are composed of Halodule uninervis, Halophila ovalis, Halodule pinnifolia and Thalassia hemperichii species. Seagrass beds of approximately 1.96 ha (approx. 63 %) were destroyed in the cyclone.
- Subjects
ANDAMAN Islands (India); NICOBAR Islands (India); INDIA; CYCLONES; SEAGRASS restoration; RESTORATION ecology
- Publication
Natural Hazards, 2014, Vol 72, Issue 2, p1253
- ISSN
0921-030X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11069-014-1040-8