Browsing Manila Bulletin by Scientific Name "Dugong dugon"

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    • Center of biodiversity 

      (Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2017, on page 14)
      The Philippines is the "center of the center" of marine fish diversity. We have 2,983 fish species compared to the other countries within the Coral Triangle, the center of marine biodiversity of the world.

    • Countries move to save sea cow population 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, March 30, 2017, on page B-8)
      As global sea cow (dugong) populations have been declining and the species classified as “vulnerable to extinction,” countries with surviving population of the animal need all the help they can get to help the elusive ...

    • Marine mammals disturbed by warming waters 

      Acedo, Celia E. (Manila Bulletin, April 6, 2017, on page B-8)
      The warming of the oceans could also mean diminished reproductive success and increased susceptibility to diseases, according to a Silliman Journal article by Dr. Ma. Louella L. Dolar, a foremost authority on Philippine ...