In this issue

How Filipino Fishers Use Traditional Knowledge in Identifying Species of Juvenile Mangrove Crabs for Grow-out Culture
Marine Mammals Occurring in the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area, Philippines
Assessment of Postharvest Losses Due to Catching Undersized Fishery Commodities and Size-Dependent Pricing in the Philippines
Impact of Ecotourism on Local Community’s Participation in Coastal Resource Management: Case of Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (PIPLS) in Northern Luzon, Philippines
Vulnerability to Climate Change of “Giant Squid” (Thysanoteuthis rhombus) Fishery in Marinduque, Philippines
Utilization of Shrimp Head Wastes into Powder Form as Raw Material for Value-Added Products
Assessing the Viability of Commercial Media for the Mass Culture of Chaetoceros muelleri
Stock Assessment of the Blue Swimming Crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Stock Enhancement Sites of Danajon Bank, Central Philippines
Efficient Fishing Method to Control the Population of Rice Eel, Monopterus albus (Synbranchidae) in Rice Fields in Cagayan Valley, Philippines

Journal Issue Volume 28 Issue 2 Population Density, Distribution, and Species Composition of Sea...

Research Article

Population Density, Distribution, and Species Composition of Sea Cucumbers in Pagasinan Tidal Flat, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

Jaro O. Ajik, Mohammad-Norodom H. Ajik, ORCID logo
Albaris B. Tahiluddin
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College of Fisheries, Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, 7500 Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

Corresponding author

albarist20@gmail.com

College of Fisheries, Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Sanga-Sanga, Bongao, 7500 Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

Page 143-149 | Received 26 Mar 2021, Accepted 24 Jun 2021

Abstract

This study investigated the population density, distribution, and species composition of sea cucumbers in Pagasinan Tidal Flat, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. Sea cucumbers were collected in the night along the tidal flat and by snorkeling along the reef area. The study recorded seven species belonging to genera Holothuria (five species), Bohadschia (one species), and Stichopus (one species). The population densities ranged from 0.09 ± 0.5 to 3.85 ± 1.67 individuals per 100 m2 each with varying habitat preferences.


Keywords: Bohadschia, Holothuria, Philippines,Sea cucumbers, Species composition, Stichopus