Ecology of the Benthic Fauna of Laguna De Bay

Eleadora Cruz-Mercene
Felicisimo S. Mercene

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Abstract

Benthos is one of the important links in the food chain of the fishes in Laguna de Bay. This group of organisms plays a very important role it. The overall productivity of the area. The study was conducted to determine the quantity and quality of benthic organisms per unit area of the lake bottom. A discussion of the data obtained from 1962 to 1967 is presented.


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