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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...

Population Dynamics of the Comb Pen Shell Atrina pectinatafrom Shallow Areas of the Southwest Visayan Sea, Northeastern Panay Island, Philippines

Annabelle del Norte-Campos,  Switzel S. Lapara,  Kris Angeli S. Sanchez

With the objective of determining the population dynamics of the comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) (Mollusca, Bivalvia: Pinnidae) collected by divers...

Economically Important Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Reefs of West Sulu Sea, Palawan, Philippines

Rodulf Anthony T. Balisco,  Benjamin J. Gonzales,  Roger G. Dolorosa

Benthic macroinvertebrates are essential components of the marine ecosystem and a source of food and livelihood in many coastal communities. However,...

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...