Victory Bank
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Biodiversity
In 2021 the Living Oceans Foundation found that the Victory Bank had both a "high coral diversity" as well as high numbers of Millepora. The most common coral found is Acropora. Seagrass was intermixed within the reef, although its mass was less than 1% of the substrate.[1] It was also reported that despite a low diversity of fish, the Victory Bank holds the highest fish density (421.3 individuals/100 m2) and highest ratio of large fish to other fish. This is unlike other areas of the Great Chagos Bank.
References
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