We’re excited to share a recent paper co-authored by Dr. Severino Salmo III on regional blue carbon and climate mitigation across Southeast Asia and the Philippines, titled Mangrove blue carbon in Southeast Asia, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.…
The WATER Lab congratulates three BS Biology advisees who have successfully defended their thesis proposals last September 28, 2026. Their studies are part of Development of Integrated Indices of State of Ecosystem Health in Conserved, Recolonized and Restored Mangroves (SECuRe…
🌳 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…
Read More Call for Undergraduate and Graduate Thesis Students!
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…
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
