SEAFDECINSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
    • English
    • ไทย
    • 日本語
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Burmese
    • Filipino
    • Khmer
    • Lao
    • Tiếng Việt
  • English 
    • English
    • ไทย
    • 日本語
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Burmese
    • Filipino
    • Khmer
    • Lao
    • Tiếng Việt
  • Login
View Item 
  •   SEAFDEC Institutional Repository (SIR)
  • 03 SEAFDEC External Publications
  • Journal Articles, Conference Papers and Book Chapters by SEAFDEC Staff
  • Conference Proceedings
  • AQD Conference Proceedings
  • View Item
  •   SEAFDEC Institutional Repository (SIR)
  • 03 SEAFDEC External Publications
  • Journal Articles, Conference Papers and Book Chapters by SEAFDEC Staff
  • Conference Proceedings
  • AQD Conference Proceedings
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

A preliminary report on the fauna of decapod crustacea in the mangrove and estuarine areas of Batan Bay, Panay Island, Philippines

Thumbnail
View/Open
Request this document
Date
1977
Author
Motoh, Hiroshi
Solis, Noel B.
Page views
138
Metadata
Show full item record

Share 
 
Abstract
In the Philippines, the total mangrove site for aquaculture development and others is about 576,000 hectares which constitute only 1.9 percent of the country's land resources. There are at present about 176,000 hectares of fishponds, representing 30.5 percent of the total mangrove resources in the country.

Located in the northern part of Panay Island, 11°40' latitude and 122°30' longitude, Batan Bay has approximately 2,500 hectares with the average water depth of less than 5 meters during low tide. This bay consists of Port Batan, Banga Baylet and numerous tidal creeks. More than 80 percent of the coastal line in the bay is surrounded by mangrove areas and the rest is rocky or coconut forest. Shrimp fishing is considered an important fishery in Batan Bay. The main objectives of this survey are: 1) To know the species, particularly edible ones, of decapod crustaceae found in the mangrove and estuarine areas; 2) To know their ecology and life history; and 3) To provide the biological data available for protection or preservation of the mangrove area.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10862/226
Suggested Citation
Motoh, H., & Solis, N. B. (1978). A preliminary report on the fauna of decapod crustacea in the mangrove and estuarine areas of Batan Bay, Panay Island, Philippines. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Mangrove and Estuarine Area Development for the Indo-Pacific Region, Manila, Philippines, 14-19 November 1977 (pp. 153–160). Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines: Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research.
Subject
Crustacea; Check lists; Mangrove swamps; Estuaries; Environmental conditions; Philippines -- Panay Island -- Batan Bay; Crabs; Shrimps
Collections
  • AQD Conference Proceedings [296]

© SEAFDEC 2023
Contact Us
 

 

Browse

All of SIRCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

View Usage Statistics
Related Links
SEAFDEC/TD IRSEAFDEC/AQD IRSEAFDEC/MFRDMD IRSEAFDEC/IFRDMD IR

© SEAFDEC 2023
Contact Us