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World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation Chapter 23 - The Philippines

Porfirio M. Aliño,  Wilfredo Y. Licuanan,  Reine W. Cabreira

The Philippines is a large archipelago of over 7000 islands, mostly lined by coral reefs, seagrass meadows, and mangrove forests, and surrounded by wa...

Accumulation and exposure classifications of plastics in the different coastal habitats in the western Philippine archipelago

Norchel Corcia F. Gomez,  Simon M. Cragg,  Jean-François Ghiglione,  Deo Florence L. Onda

Studies consistently ranked the Philippines as one of the top contributors of plastic wastes leaking into the ocean. However, most of these were based...

Estimating the Potential Fisheries Production of Three Offshore Reefs in the West Philippine Sea, Philippines

Hazel O. Arceo,  Joey P. Cabasan,  Rhea Mae A. Luciano,  Lovely Joy D. Heyres,  Samuel S. Mamauag,  Porfirio M. Aliño

Evaluating reef fisheries potential is crucial in understanding the benefits derived from coral reefs. In this study, fisheries production of three of...

Distribution and Abundance of Seagrasses in the Southwest Coast of Davao Oriental, Philippines

Neil C. Capin,  Brian L. Pototan,  Aileen Grace D. Delima,  Annabelle U. Novero

Seagrasses are an important coastal resource that serves as homes and breeding grounds of fishes and other marine organisms and are useful indicators...

Development of Pag-asa Reefs, West Philippine Sea: Role of Relative Sea Level Change and Wave Exposure

Denise Faye S. Janer,  Mary Rose P. Gabuyo,  Anne Drew V. Carrillo,  Paolo Emanuel Y. Co,  Aiko Love B. del Rosario,  Michael Jayson S. Morata,  Jelee B. Dayao,  Maylord M. de Chavez,  Dennis Arsenio B. Bringas,  Cesar L. Villanoy,  Fernando P. Siringan

Atoll reefs are associated with subsiding regions. In the West Philippine Sea, the Kalayaan Island Group is an emergent feature of the region’s atoll...