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Vol. 40 -- Preface / J.H. Primavera -- Conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems: A summary on UNESCO's activities in Southeast Asia / Han Qunli and Stefano Fazi -- The marine science research and development programs of the DOST-PCAMRD: Issues and concerns / Rafael D. Guerrero III -- An overview of the Pacific Seaboard R&D program / Edgardo D. Gomez -- Benthic fluxes of nutrients in Manila Bay / Melissa B. Agustin and Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone -- Water quality assessment of Lingayen Gulf / Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone and Glory D.Ranches -- Circulation and hydrographic characteristics of a mariculture area northwest of Lingayen gulf / Maria Jayvee Udarbe-Walker and Evangeline Magdaong -- Preliminary results on the development of marine environmental quality criteria for mariculture areas / Judy M. Obliosca, Gil S. Jacinto and Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone -- Boom and bust kabloy fishery - the Bolinao experience / Davelyn S. Pastor and Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez -- Survival, settlement and growth of the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa on different substrates / Hilconida P. Calumpong, Janet S. Estacion, Jacinta R. Lucañas and Agnes B. Apao -- Pilot-testing the laboratory production of the sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra (Jaeger), in the Philippines / Ruth U. Gamboa and Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez -- Population parameter estimates of two seagrass-associated sea urchins (Echinodermata) in southern Guimaras, Philippines: Preliminary findings / Pacifico D. Beldia II, Noel P. Evano, Wilfredo L. Campos August S. Santillan, Jescel B. Bitoonon and Prudeline B. Jalandoni -- Reef fish community dynamics indicators:Deriving lessons from Lingayen Gulf / Melchor R. Decadez, Porfirio M. Aliño, Andrea Leonor S. Bautista, Paulyn A Gaite, Bernardo S. Ronquillo and Valentino V. Prado -- Impacts of the 1998 ENSO event: Recovery of the coral community in Apo Island Marine Reserve two years after a mass bleaching event / Laurie J. Raymundo and Aileen P. Маура -- Coral damage caused by divers/ snorkelers in Apo Island Marine sanctuary, Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines / C. Reboton and H.P. Calumpong -- Videographic methods in assessing benthic community patterns of coral reefs in Talim Bay, Philippines: Minimum frame subsamples for precision of lifeform cover estimates / Miharu Jay R. Malayang, Vincent V. Hilomen and Wilfredo Y. Licuanan -- The extent and correlates of 1998-1999 mass coral bleaching in the Philippines based on projections of observer accounts / W.Y. Licuanan, M.L.S. Medina, and M.S. Samson -- Isolation and classification of culturable bacteria associated with ice-ice disease in Kappaphycus and Eucheuma (Rhodophyta, Solieriaceae) / Vito M. Butardo Jr., Edna T. Ganzon-Fortes, Vivian A. Silvestre, Mary Beth B. Bacano-Maningas, Marco Nemesio E. Montaño, and Arturo O. Lluisma

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