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Recent developments in freshwater and marine cage aquaculture in the Philippines
(Asian Fisheries Society; World Aquaculture Society - Southeast Asian Chapter, 2000)
Fish production from freshwater cages and pens, and marine cages and pens constitute 19% of the total foodfish produced from aquaculture in the Philippines. In 1998, production from freshwater cages and pens contributed ...
Restocking of windowpane shell, Placuna placenta in a depleted bed off Tigbauan, Iloilo, the Philippines
(Phuket Marine Biological Center, 2000)
The Tigbauan coast, Iloilo, the Philippines, has been depleted of the natural population of the windowpane shell, Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758, since the early 1980's. To support the declining P. placenta industry of ...
Nutritional evaluation of various plant protein sources in diets for Asian sea bass Lates calcarifer
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2000)
A biological assay was conducted to evaluate the suitability of various leguminous seed meals and leaf meals as dietary protein sources for Asian sea bass, Lates calcarifer. In the growth experiment, fish (initial mean ...
The effects of diets on reproductive performance of eyestalk ablated and intact mud crab Scylla serrata
(Elsevier, 2000)
The reproductive performance of female mud crabs was evaluated as affected by various diets. Dietary treatments were as follows: D<sub>1</sub> — natural diet (mussel meat, squid, trash fish); D<sub>2</sub> — combination ...
Illuminating the need for ecological knowledge in economic valuation of mangroves under different management regimes - a critique
(Elsevier, 2000)
This is a commentary on a paper by Gilbert and Janssen (Gilbert, A.J., Janssen, R., 1998. Ecol. Econ. 25, 323–346) that deals with valuation of management alternatives for the Pagbilao mangroves, Philippines. Our main ...
Development and conservation of Philippine mangroves: institutional issues
(Elsevier, 2000)
The decline of Philippine mangroves from half a million hectares in 1918 to only 120 000 ha in 1994 may be traced to local exploitation for fuelwood and conversion to agriculture, salt beds, industry and settlements. But ...
Maize products
(Springer, 2000)
Maize (Zea mays) is a cereal, belonging to the family Poaceae and has its origin in Central America. Now maize is grown world-wide whenever the climate permits cultivation.
From triphenyltins to integrated management of the 'pest' snail Cerithidea cingulata in mangrove-derived milkfish ponds in the Philippines
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000)
The potamidid snail Cerithidea cingulata is considered a pest in brackishwater milkfish ponds in the Philippines and has been controlled by the triphenyltin (TPT) compounds Aquatin and Brestan. But TPT is also toxic to ...
Dietary vitamin C and E supplementation and reproduction of milkfish Chanos chanos Forsskal
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2000)
Milkfish Chanos chanos Forsskal broodstock (11 years old, average body weight 5.23–5.73 kg) reared in 10-m-diameter by 3-m-deep floating net cages (31–36 fish per cage) at SEAFDEC AQD's Igang Marine Substation in Guimaras ...
Characterization of a virus obtained from snakeheads Ophicephalus striatus with epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS) in the Philippines
(Inter Research, 2000)
This is the first report of the isolation and characterization of a fish virus from the Philippines. The virus was isolated using snakehead spleen cells (SHS) from severely lesioned epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS)-affected ...