🌳 Are you passionate about mangrove ecosystems, biodiversity, and climate science? Interested in exploring how mangroves contribute to our planet's future? Then this is for you! We are looking for thesis students to engage in cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on mangrove…
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Are you passionate about marine ecology, biodiversity, and environmental science? Interested in exploring how seagrasses contribute to our planet's future? Then this is for you! The WATER Lab (Institute of Biology) and the EnviSAGE Lab (Department of Geodetic Engineering) of…
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We're excited to share our latest research on biodiversity patterns and ecological gradients across Philippine mangrove forests titled "Metabarcoding of Sediment eDNA Uncovers Ecological Gradients and Biodiversity in Philippine Mangroves" Using sediment environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, we examined biodiversity in…
Dr. Salmo's team returned to Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon last October 10-14 to conduct fieldwork on the municipality's expansive mangrove ecosystem. Before heading to the field, Dr. Salmo met with the municipal mayor, Hon. Romeo Domasian, to discuss the fieldwork's objectives…
Read More Studying the mangrove soils of Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon
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
Planted stands in Roxas, Oriental Mindoro. Mangrove researchers around the globe released a new study that answers the long-standing question: How long will it take for planted mangroves to store carbon at rates equal to intact stands? Logistics models compiled…
Read More New Insights on Planted Mangroves’ Ability to Store Carbon
Forty years of data from 684 planted mangrove stands worldwide reveal that planted stands can store 71 to 73% of biomass carbon (C) stock ~20 years after planting. Although soil C stocks in planted mangroves plateau after an initial 25%…
Read More Planted mangroves can store up to 75% of the carbon stocks found in intact mature stands
The NAS/USAID/PEER program held its final PEER Asia Conference on 21-23 May 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand. The forum was attended by all PEER Asia cycle 9 grantees. Three of the co-grantees (from Indonesia and Vietnam) also work on mangrove research.…
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