Open AccessNew Scales to Guide the Assessment of Hard Coral Cover and Diversity in the Philippines
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the philippine journal of fisheries/the philippine journal of fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0048-377X
pISSN - 2672-2836
DOI - 10.31398/tpjf/27.2.2020-0008
Subject(s) - coral reef , identification (biology) , coral , safeguarding , diversity (politics) , coral reef organizations , environmental resource management , cover (algebra) , reef , geography , ecosystem services , fishery , ecosystem , environmental science , coral reef protection , ecology , oceanography , geology , engineering , political science , biology , law , medicine , mechanical engineering , nursing
Coral reefs supply vital ecosystem services to the Philippines.Safeguarding these services requires the rapid identification of reefs that provide most services, and identification is best made by measuring hard coral cover and diversity and using updated and locally relevant assessment scales on these measurements.The use of these assessment scales has advantages and is recommended to update and improve Philippine laws.