MANGROVES
_______ are woody, seed-bearing plants adapted for life in brackish and waterlogged soils that are acidic and often anoxic (without oxygen).
Mangroves
True or False: Corals are animals belong to phylum Cnidaria.
True - Coral, a sessile animal, relies on its relationship with plant-like algae to build the largest structures of biological origin on Earth.
These species usually inhabit sandy and soft-bottom areas and the only submerged flowering plants in the marine environments.
Seagrass
The only known freshwater sardine; endemic to Taal Lake, Philippines.
Sardinella tawilis
These are specialized roots that grow upward out of the water or mud to facilitate oxygen intake for submerged roots?
Pneumatophores
Lapu-lapu is a coral reef fish species. What is the English name of Lapu-lapu?
Grouper
Local name of Seagrasses
Lusay
_______ are a regular rise and fall in sea level that affect the extent of exposed shoreline throughout the day.
Tides
Local name for Nypa fruticans.
Nipa palm
This is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.
Coral Bleaching
It is named as the “Lungs of the Sea”.
Seagrass
What is the biggest fish in the world?
Whale Shark or Butanding (Rhincodon typus)
Refers to the community of mangrove plants and associated organisms.
Mangal
This species of fish is also known as the “The Reef Defender”.
Napoleon Wrasse or Mameng (Cheilinus undulatus)
What marine mammal feeds on seagrass beds?
Dugong
Fish that can be found in the 50 peso bill in the Philippines.
Giant Trevally or Talakitok/Maliputo (Caranx ignobilis)
Is a band of dry land and adjacent ocean space (water and submerged land) in which terrestrial processes and uses directly affect oceanic processes and uses, and vice-versa. It is the interface where the land meets the ocean. It includes the shoreline environment and the adjacent coastal waters.
Coastal Area/Zone
What are the 3 types of Coral Reefs?
Barrier Reefs, Fringing Reefs, & Atoll
Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) that prohibits on the collection, harvesting, gathering, selling and or exporting brown algae and seagrass.
Fisheries Administrative Order no. 250
An area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea which shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines as defined under existing laws.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)