Priority reef areas in the Pacific Coast of the Philippines for marine protected area deployment

• Main Authors: Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Medina, Marianne Lorelei S., Luzon, Katrina S., Samson, Maricar S., Nañola, Cleto L., Rollon, Rene N., Roleda, Michael Y.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2011
• Subjects: Marine parks and reserves > Philippines; Reefs > Philippines > Pacific Coast; Marine Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/551
• Institution: De La Salle University

The present paper seeks to provide a scientific basis for the establishment of marine protected areas (MPA) through an integrated and objective analysis of biodiversity survey data, which permits ranking of various sites in order of their importance as potential MPA. The approach proposed here invol...