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Back to basics: Institutional and behavioral perspectives on the Taal Lake fish cage industry
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)The practice of fish cage culture existed in Taal Lake in the 1970s but it only flourished in the late 1990s, degrading water quality and increasing fish kill incidences in cage areas. This paper analyzes the Taal Lake ... -
Socio-ecological case study of Lake Danao, Ormoc City, Philippines: Implications to management and policy
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)This paper discusses some of the social, political, and economic pressures impinging upon the ecosystem components of Lake Danao in Ormoc City, Philippines. Conflicting objectives among individual residents and various ... -
Documenting the presence and impact of introduced freshwater fishes for aquaculture in the Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)The demand for fish protein in the Philippines cannot be met by capture fisheries alone so the Philippine government has turned to aquaculture as an alternative source of fish protein. Aquaculture has promoted the introduction ... -
Sustaining the resource use and management of Sampaloc Lake, San Pablo City, Philippines: A potable source of water
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Water is the most basic and indispensable commodity. In the past, nobody realized the value of water until the wells and rivers started to dry. Of the numerous natural lakes of the Philippines (about 59), all are potential ... -
Prawn fisheries of Lake Bato
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Lake Bato is one of the most important lakes in the Bicol Region in terms of economic benefits to lakeshore communities. It is considered a commercial fishing ground of endemic and indigenous fish species. However, fish ... -
Fisheries in the floodplain lakes of Agusan marsh and its implications for sound management
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Yearlong assessment of the artisanal fishery from the three floodplain lakes of Ticgon, Dinagat, and Mihaba in Agusan Marsh, a declared national priority protected area, was done using length-weight frequency analyses. ... -
Policy issues on lake management in the Philippines
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Transformation of Laguna Lake from a marine arm of Manila Bay to a freshwater system
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Evolution of Laguna Lake during the past 6,000 years is established using paleontologic, sedimentologic, and geochemical profiles of a 10.5-meter long sediment core from the western lobe. Marine molluscan and diatom ... -
Bathymetry and vertical temperature profile of Lake Mainit
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)The bottom topography and vertical temperature profile of Lake Mainit was assessed to provide baseline data to understand the dynamic behavior of the lake as an ecosystem. Many limnological phenomena, distribution of biota, ... -
A limnological survey of Lake Duminagat, Mt. Malindang Natural Park, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Lake Duminagat is a crater lake located in Mt. Malindang Natural Park, one of the protected areas in the Philippines. Two communities are adjacent to it - Brgy. Duminagat, of which it is a part, and Brgy. Gandawan. Both ... -
Response of phytoplankton to temporal changes in nutrients in Taal Lake, Batangas, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)It is important to note that different adaptations are successful at different times and in different environments, so that different algal species become dominant at different times and locations. Hence, the species ... -
Nutrient and bacterial load profile of Lake Mainit, Mindanao, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Lake Mainit, located in northeastern Mindanao, is the fourth largest lake in the Philippines. Its limnology and water quality parameters, however, are not yet thoroughly understood. This study has been conducted to obtain ... -
Five thousand years of environmental history: Paoay Lake, northern Luzon, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)The environmental history of Paoay Lake and its surrounding landscape is being examined through the analysis of pollen, diatoms, charcoal, mineral magnetics, and AMS dating. The project is part of a larger program of ... -
Lake Taal's freshwater sardines Sardinella tawilis (Herre): Evolutionary insights based on morphological, molecular, and geological data
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Sardines (family Clupeidae or herrings) are mostly marine species. In the Philippines, Lake Taal is the habitat of Sardinella tawilis (local name tawilis ), the only local endemic sardine species known to be fully adapted ... -
Origin of Philippine lakes
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)The paper discusses the origin of the major and minor lakes throughout the Philippines. -
Changes in lake morphology as source of basic information for lake management: A case study on Laguna Lake, Philippines
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Legal provisions for the governance of Philippine lakes
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Lakes have been governed in legal history under laws on fisheries. The Local Government Code (LGC) and the spate of recent legislation on fisheries, ancestral domain, protected areas, and wildlife have thrown into disarray ... -
Naujan Lake National Park: An Anatidae Site Network
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)The Anatidae Family consists of ducks, geese and swans. These birds are one of the groups of waterbirds that are ecologically dependent on wetlands*, at least at some parts of their life cycle. Anatidae species and their ... -
Conservation and farming of a common freshwater food clam, tulla (Corbicula manilensis Philippi 1844), in the Laguna Lake basin
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Stocking of tulla (Corbicula manilensis) in small water impounding dam was studied in the Angat Watersheds, Bulacan, Philippines at elevation 209 m above mean sea level. Result of the study indicates that tulla introduction ... -
Photo exhibit on key ecotourism sites in the Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)Executive Order (EO) 111 issued on June 17, 1999 establishing the guidelines for the development of ecotourism in the Philippines provided the legal framework for the partnership of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the ...
