Taxonomic survey of seagrasses found in Talin Bay, Matuod Lian, Batangas

• Main Author: Arejola, Alyce Gail Ng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Seagrasses > Batangas; Primary productivity (Biology); Potamogetonaceae; Marine flora; Hydrocharitaceae
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1592
• Institution: De La Salle University

Seagrasses were collected from Talin Bay, Matuod, Lian, Batangas from June to October, 1996. Results showed a total of eight (8) species belonging to two (2) families and six (6) genera. These include: from Family Potamogetonaceae-Cymodocea serrulata, C. rotundata, Halodule uninervis, H. pinifolia and Syringodium isoetifolium and from Family Hydrocharitaceae-Enhalus acoroides, Halophila ovalis and Thalassia hemprichii. The seagrasses were collected on a sandy-muddy substrate during mid-afternoon when the tide was low. The water was clear with moderately strong water current actions. Local distributions of Philippine seagrasses were also enumerated.