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Investigation of massive fish kill in Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Lake Buhi is a multi-species fishery resource and known worldwide for being the home of the world s smallest commercial fish (Mistichthys luzonensis). The lake is used for fishery, agriculture, irrigation, hydroelectric ...
Capability building of Local Government Units (LGUs): A tool towards the sustainable management of lakes in the Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Under the Local Government Code (LGC), the management jurisdiction over the municipal waters lies with the local government units (LGUs). To enhance the capability of the LGUs as resource managers, in partnership with the ...
Issues, challenges, and lessons learned in lake resources management in the Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
The Philippines is endowed with more than 200 lakes that are abundant in water, fisheries and other resources. With the exception of five major lakes (Laguna de Bay, Lake Lanao, Lake Taal, Lake Naujan and Lake Buhi), there ...
Community rehabilitation of Lake Lahit in South Cotabato, Philippines
(Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), 2005)
Lake Lahit, situated at the north central part of the Municipality of Lake Sebu in South Cotabato, Philippines, is the smallest lake among the three lakes of Lake Sebu. It has an area of 24 ha. It is the center of livelihood ...
Emerging shrimp diseases and innovations to prevent their spread
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2002)
The number of diseases affecting cultivated penaeid shrimp has increased steadily with expansion and intensification of large-scale commercial cultivation. In the 1990s the most serious losses have occurred from the emergence ...
Quorum sensing and its potential application to vibriosis
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2002)
Quorum sensing is a gene regulatory mechanism by which certain pathogenic and symbiotic bacteria respond to population density and host association. By mediating the ability of bacteria such as Vibrio harveyi to infect ...
Identification and characterization of Vibrio bacteria isolated from fish and shellfish in Vietnam
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2002)
A taxonomic relationship of thirty one Vietnamese bacterial isolates from different fish and shellfish together with twenty two reference strains was investigated by Euclidean distance with unweighted average linkage ...
Growth promotion and enhancement of vibriosis resistance in penaeid shrimp after oral administration of lactic acid bacteria and marine bacteria
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2002)
Vibriosis is one of the most serious problems in the shrimp culture industry worldwide. Antibiotic treatment is becoming less and less effective, as new strains of pathogens evolve, which are resistant to commonly used ...
Prevalence of yellow head virus in cultured black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fabricius) from selected shrimp farms in the Philippines
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2002)
The prevalence and geographic distribution of Yellow head virus (YHV) in cultured Penaeus monodon in the Philippines was documented by Western blot assay. Fifty-three out of 219 samples (24.2%) were found to be positive ...
Effects of Artemia enriched with L-ascorbyl dipotassium-2-sulfate dihydrate on stress tolerance and disease resistance of Penaeus monodon postlarvae
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2002)
Penaeus monodon postlarvae (stage 10) were reared with Artemia nauplii enriched with 50,100 and 150 mg/l (ppm) of L-ascorbyl-dipotassium-2- sulfate dihydrate for 5 days. Postlarvae in the control group were given non-enriched ...