Estimating biomass from the cover of Gelidiella acerosa along the coasts of Eastern Philippines

• Main Authors: Rollon, Rene N., Samson, Maricar S., Roleda, Michael Y., Arano, Karen G., Vergara, Mark Windell B., Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Red algae > Philippines; Marine algae > Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1482
• Institution: De La Salle University

In three Gelidiella acerosa beds on the poorly-studied eastern coasts of the Philippines, cover and biomass of this commercially important agar-producing red alga were measured. The three selected G. acerosa beds represented low (mean cover < 5%), medium (approximately 10%) and high cover (> 2...