Recolonization of mollusc assemblages in mangrove plantations damaged by Typhoon Chan-hom in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Salmo, Severino G, III, Tibbetts, Ian R, Duke, Norman C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Mangrove Restoration; Mollusc assemblages; Disturbance; Typhoon; Habitat recovery; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/31; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=es-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

We investigated the effects of a catastrophic typhoon on mollusc assemblages of damaged mangrove plantations of different ages. Molluscs were sampled from infaunal, epifaunal and arboreal assemblages of mangrove stands in Lingayen Gulf, northwest Philippines, and compared with assemblages of un-impa...