Reply to Hendawitharana et al. Comment on “Arulananthan et al. The Status of the Coral Reefs of the Jaffna Peninsula (Northern Sri Lanka), with 36 Coral Species New to Sri Lanka Confirmed by DNA Bar-Coding. Oceans 2021, 2, 509–529”

Oceans (May 2024)

Affiliations

Ashani Arulananthan: Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka
Venura Herath: Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20000, Sri Lanka
Sivashanthini Kuganathan: Department of Fisheries Science, University of Jaffna, Thirunelvely 40000, Sri Lanka
Anura Upasanta: Faculty of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Ocean University of SL, Tangalle 81000, Sri Lanka
Akila Harishchandra: School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA

Abstract

We appreciate the comments made by Hendawitharana et al [...]