Monitoring green turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands.

Monitoring green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and seagrass meadows in the Lakshadweep Islands. Hariprasath R, Muralidharan M, Kartik Shanker Seagrass meadows in the lagoons of Lakshadweep have decreased greatly due to intense grazing by green turtles. Thalassia and Cymodocea, the two major species of seagrass found in the lagoons have reduced in their cover.  This decline…