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A preliminary study on the environmental condition of the coral reef habitat
Article 11: Volume 4, Number 3, Summer 2007, Pages 371-378 (8) XML PDF (146 K)
Authors
T Karuppanapandian; T. Karuppudurai; A. K. Kumaraguru
Abstract
The present investigation was carried in coral reef areas of Palk Bay, Madapam. Palk Bay corals were found disturbed by human beings due to oil pollution, waste discharge from processing units and discharge of domestic household wastes from the nearby Mandapam town. Environmental conditions of the coral reef habitat in the Palk Bay, Mandapam was analyzed for a period of six months at fortnightly intervals for March to August 2001 on the coral reef areas. Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Organic Carbon (TOC) were analyzed at five different stations of Palk Bay, Madapam. The maximum mean values of temperature, pH, DO, BOD and TOC for the four experimental and control stations were 32.6�C, 8.7, 7.02ppm, 8.29ppm and 2.13% and 31.5�C, 8.3, 7.98ppm, 5.71ppm and 0.48% respectively. The sampling stations were selected on the basis of their importance.
Keywords
Coral reefs; Environmental condition; Oil pollution; Waste discharge
Main Subjects
Coral reef; Environmental condition; Habitat
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