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Marine moss chokes fish to death in Gulf of Mannar [1]

S Raja
Ramanathapuram

THE prevention of oxygen flowing into the sea and unprecedented increase in the velocity of wind in the vicinity, were attributed as reasons for the death of large quantities of fish and other marine fauna being washed ashore off Rameswaram. The sudden increase in dead fish and other marine species had unnerved fishermen here.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2008
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Marine Ecosystems [3], Marine Life [4], Gulf Of Mannar Marine NP [5]

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