There is growing research interest in the ethnobiology, socio-economics and management
of mangrove forests. Coastal residents who use mangroves and their resources may have …

Molluscs are among the most valuable resources of the Philippines, an archipelagic country
of 7,107 islands bounded by 36,000 km of coastline and 26.6 million ha of coastal waters. In …

Mangrove clams Anodontia philippiana, locally known as imbao, are predominantly found in
mangrove ecosystems in the Philippines. Nowadays, these are declining due to habitat …

From the Philippines at the centre of Indo-West Pacific marine diversity we record 78 species
and 42 genera from 7 subfamilies of the chemosymbiotic bivalve family Lucinidae. Sixty …

La almeja de manglar Pegophysema philippiana Reeve, 1850, es común en los sustratos
fangosos de los manglares en Baganga, Davao Oriental, particularmente en los barangays …

The study aims to observe the growth dynamics and survival of mangroves, particularly the
species that belong to the family Rhizophoraceae in Guang-guang, Mati City, Davao …

Aims: The taxonomic identification of mangrove clams was confirmed using DNA barcoding
based on 16S Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome. Study design: DNA was extracted from …

Macroinvertebrates are vital in coastal marine environments, which function as ecologically
(eg, food chain) and socio-economically (eg, income generation for coastal gleaners) …

The mangrove ecosystem was very essential ecologically and economically (Bersaldo et al.
2023) as it provides ecological benefits to the environment like coastal protection, habitat for …

Mangroves have been extensively studied for decades by botanists, ecologists and marine
scientists (Maenae, 1968; Chapman, 1976; Saenger et al., 1983; Tomlinson, 1986; …