The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, consist of 572 islands with a land area of 8,249 km2. Their topography is hilly and undulating, with elevations up to 732 m on the Andaman and up to 568 m on the Nicobar Islands. They are known for their rich biodiversity and a very high degree of endemicity in all taxa, especially in plants, reptiles, fishes and corals. Their habitats include bays, mangroves, moist deciduous forests and evergreen forests. Comprising 20 chapters each written by an expert or professional in his/her particular field this book offers new insights into the fascinating faunal communities of these islands and provides the fundamentals for their conservation and environmental management.
This book examines the fascinating faunal communities of The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, known for their rich biodiversity and a very high degree of endemicity in all taxa. It provides the fundamentals for their conservation and environmental management.
1.?????????? Polychaetes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
R. Rajasekaran and Olivia J. Fernando
2.?????????? Status of the benthos and its environment in Jolly Buoy Island, Magathma Gandhi Marine National Park, Andaman, India
P.M. Mohan, P. Dhivya, S. Subburaman and V. Sachithanandam
3.?????????? Intertidal distribution of the coral-boring barnacle Lithotrya nicobarica Reinhardt, 1850? in the Great Nicobar Island
Naveen Namboothri? and S. Antony Fernando
4.?????????? Coral boring fauna of the Great Nicobar Island
Naveen Namboothri and S. Antony Fernando
5.?????????? On the recurrence of coral bleaching and recovery in North Bay, Port Blair
G. Dharani, A.K. Abdul Nazar, N. Saravanane, N. V. Vinithkumar,? J. Santhanakumar, Krupa Ratnam, Dilip Kumar Jha,? D. Magesh Peter, P. Venkateshwaran, T.S. Kumar and R. Kirubagaran
6.?????????? StatuslC˜
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