Differences in size structure of genus porites in two locations in the Philippines

• Main Author: Posa, Ella Jude V.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Porites; Reefs > Philippines > Biri; Northern Samar; Reefs > Philippines > El Nido; Palawan; Biotic communities > Philippines; Ecology > Philippines; Ecosystem management > Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/3024
• Institution: De La Salle University

Slow growing massive Porites corals are necessary framework-building elements of the reef ecosystems in the Philippines. Constant change of the earth climate and ocean, with the addition of local threats from human activities, natural calamities, predator outbreaks and coral diseases, constantly hin...