Estimating Biomass from the Cover of Gelidiella acerosa along the Coasts of Eastern Philippines

Botanica Marina

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 497-502

  Rollon, Rene N ^a,b   Samson, Maricar S ^b   Roleda, Michael Y ^b,c   Araño, Karen G ^b   Vergara, Mark Windell B ^b   Licuanan, Wilfredo Y ^b,c  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Agarophytes; Marine macrobenthic algae; Natural stocks; Philippine Pacific seaboard

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BIOMASS; ESTIMATION METHOD; RED ALGA; VEGETATION COVER; YIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; GELIDIELLA ACEROSA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0345446493     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2003.051     Document Type: Article

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