Dr. Severino Salmo III, Associate Professor VII, of the Institute of Biology was appointed as UP Scientist I under the ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ, ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐. Dr. Salmo's research focuses on restoration ecology, integrated coastal management, mangrove ecology, and blue carbon.…
Read More Warm Congrats to Dr. Salmo on his Appointment as UP Scientist I!
Dr. Salmo's team from the Institute of Biology, UP Diliman recently conducted a fieldwork in Oriental Mindoro from August 23 to 26 where they collected sediment samples for eDNA analyses and mangrove infauna assessment. Soil CO2 efflux, water quality, and…
L panel: Recolonized stand (12 yrs); R top panel: litterfall sampling for litterfall production study; L bottom panel: makeshift acrylic corer for sediment accretion study We humbly share with you another output from our PEER ManCoRe project!Our research published in…
Read More Insights from a year-long study on restored and recolonized mangroves
Scatter plot of organic matter (OM) and organic carbon (OC) contents used to derive the general OM-OC conversion equation for Philippine mangroves. The OM was calculated using the loss-on-ignition (LOI) method, while OC was calculated using the conversion equation, %Corg=0.415…
Read More Localized Organic Matter to Organic Carbon Equations for Philippine Mangroves
Mangrove Ecology 