{"id":1190,"date":"2021-01-11T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2021-01-11T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T01:05:00","slug":"post-spill-ecological-health-assessment-at-the-southern-coast-of-mactan-island-philippines-using-multimetric-phytoplankton-index-for-biotic-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/2021\/01\/11\/post-spill-ecological-health-assessment-at-the-southern-coast-of-mactan-island-philippines-using-multimetric-phytoplankton-index-for-biotic-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"POST-SPILL ECOLOGICAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT AT THE SOUTHERN COAST OF MACTAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES USING MULTIMETRIC PHYTOPLANKTON INDEX FOR BIOTIC INTEGRITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brisneve Edullantes<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wyndel Sa\u00f1oza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catleya Vargas<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. SANGUTAN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. POCONG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judith Silapan<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evaluation of ecological health status after an oil spill is crucial for effective restoration measures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the affected aquatic ecosystems. In this study, we applied a multimetric phytoplankton index for biotic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

integrity (MPI-BI) to assess the ecological health status of the southern coast of Mactan Island, Philippines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

after 8, 12, 24, and 30 months from the MV Thomas Aquinas spill incident in August 2013. Phytoplankton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

community analysis revealed (1) no difference in abundance, richness, and diversity between affected and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

reference sites, (2) increasing trend of diversity over time after the spill, and (3) higher remotely-sensed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

chlorophyll a level in affected sites. Phytoplankton relative abundance, diversity, and trophic statewere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

used to derive MPI-BI. Based on MPI-BI, the health status of the affected sites wasgenerally in good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

condition 8 \u2013 30 months after. A time-series analysis of remotely-sensed and meteorological parameters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

showed no difference between pre and post spill conditions, except for chlorophyll a and particulate organic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

carbon. Generally, the health status of the coastal water may be affected by the oil spillage as indicated by<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the increased trophic state after the spill but may be recovering from the oil spill stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

phytoplankton community, bioindicator, oil spill impact, multivariate analysis, remote sensing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

application<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link to the Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOI:10.15666\/aeer\/1902_13531370<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brisneve Edullantes Wyndel Sa\u00f1oza Catleya Vargas S. SANGUTAN M. POCONG Judith Silapan Abstract Evaluation of ecological health status after an oil spill is crucial for effective restoration measures of the affected aquatic ecosystems. In this study, we applied a multimetric phytoplankton index for biotic integrity (MPI-BI) to assess the ecological health status of the southern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvsc.upcebu.edu.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}