Browsing The Philippine Star by Subject "algal blooms"

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    • Advisory on algal bloom in Laguna de Bay 

      Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) (The Philippine Star, June 14, 2019, on page 2)
      Algal bloom is a periodic occurrence in Laguna de Bay, particularly in the Central Bay and West Bay, where Muntinlupa City is one of the lakeshore LGU's. Algae are microscopic plants in various forms, shapes and colors. ...

    • Algae bloom in Laguna Lakes resurges 

      (The Philippine Star, June 19, 2015, on page 21)
      The high count of algae in the lake, where Maynilad draws water for treatment in its Putatan plant, is causing water distributed in the cities of Las Piñas, Parañaque and Muntinlupa to have a peculiar taste and smell. ...

    • Algal bloom highlights need for wastewater treatment 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, June 25, 2015, on page B-6)
      The spreading algal bloom in coastal and lake areas of the country is raising the need for effective wastewater treatment systems with communities leading a concerted effort to make sure that each household is discharging ...

    • Aussie state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die 

      Associated Press (AP) (The Philippine Star, January 17, 2019, on page B5)
      An Australian state government on Tuesday announced plans to mechanically pump oxygen into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of fish have died in heatwave conditions. Up to a million dead fish were found floating ...

    • Public warned against shellfish from provinces with red tide 

      Crisostomo, Sheila; Visperas, Eva; Laude, Jaime; Lagasca, Charlie; Ramirez, Cesar; Baliao, Nonong; Laude, Jaime; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 27, 2010, on page 3)
      The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday warned the public against shellfish products from provinces where red tide algae had started to bloom. Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral said selling and harvesting shellfish from ...

    • Red tide warning up in Sorsogon, Masbate 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, June 27, 2021, on page 9)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) issued yesterday a red tide warning in Sorsogon Bay and Asid Gulf in Masbate. BFAR-Bicol spokesperson Nonie Enolva said shellfish samples from the two bodies of water ...

    • Saving Laguna de Bay 

      Zafaralla, Macrina Tamayo (The Philippine Star, February 2, 2017, on page B7)
      The restoration of Laguna de Bay to a relatively pristine state is a major concern. This is a scientist’s account on a multidisciplinary two to three-year scientific endeavor that culminated in an Environmental Health ...

    • Toxin-causing algae behind Laguna Bay fishkills 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, August 28, 2000, on page 18)
      Researchers of a Southeast Asian center have found a strain of toxin-producing algae that may have caused fishkills in the Laguna Lake. Scientists of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department ...

    • Volcanic ash prevents red tide in Sorsogon Bay 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, June 29, 2015, on page A-30)
      Ashes spewed by Bulusan and Mayon volcanoes have been found to be preventing the recurrence of algae that cause red tide in Sorsogon Bay, a marine scientist based in the Bicol University (BU) here said yesterday. “Blooms ...