Seaweed Ecosystem Integration into Marine Protected Areas

Author

Jayvee Ablaña Saco
November 2016

The Philippines being an archipelagic country showed great biodiversity on the seaweed resources (Trono 1999, Ganzon-Fortes 2012, Ang et al. 2013). These has been a very essential and indispensable component in the marine ecosystem as primary producers, along with phytoplankton and seagrasses. These has always been an integral part and crucial resources on the lives of the coastal communities’ time immemorial.


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