Brisneve Edullantes

• BSc (Biology), MEng Marine Environmental Engineering
• Faculty Member at University of the Philippines Cebu

Bleaching events impact coral reef functionality and carbonate budget dynamics, which is reflected in reduced reef framework accretion, hindering reef ability to keep pace with sea-level rise projections. Reefs in the Arabian Gulf exist in harsh environmental conditions with seasonal temperatures ranging between 16 and 36 °C. Despite the high therm...

Globally, observations on marine species during marine heatwaves (MHWs) help outline the scope of the MHW’s possible biological effects. In line with this effort, this paper presents a 2020 MHW that coincided with a reported ‘tomato jellyfish’ (Crambione mastigophora Maas, 1903) bloom on 23 March 2020 in the Corong-Corong Bay of Palawan, Philippine...

Marine heatwaves are discrete and prolonged periods of anomalously warm seawater temperature which have devastating ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Being part of the center of marine biodiversity and a fisheries-dependent country, the Philippines is vulnerable to the threats of marine heatwaves, but these extreme events remain understudied in...

Background: Coral reefs offer valuable ecosystem goods and services, such as coastal protection, erosion regulation, fishery, biodiversity, habitat and nursery grounds. However, they face threats from anthropogenic activities, including poor water quality, global warming, coastal development and unsustainable fisheries. Marine Protected Areas (MPA...

A survey of zooplankton composition and abundance was conducted on four nearshore waters last May 2014, 9 months after the oil spill by the passenger vessel "MV Saint Thomas Aquinas." Samples from three sites hypothesized to represent different degrees of oil contamination along the south coast of Mactan Island in Cebu, the Philippines were compare...

Rivers may be used for both navigation and aquaculture. With this twin yet conflicting services provided by the river, a science-based management approach is necessary in order to protect and regulate the river's use. The Hinigaran River of Negros Occidental Western Philippines is home to various aquaculture facilities, ranging from very large fish...

The Negros Island in Western Philippines is one of the regions in the Philippines that are rich in both land-based aquaculture and nearshore fish corrals. Negros Island is composed of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental with 548.95 km2 323.63 km2, respectively of coastal area. The first part of this study was the extraction of the nearshore fish...

Mangroves have been targets of fishpond conversion for the past 50 years. With the need to increase sources of food and increase productivity of aquaculture, a considerable mass of mangroves in the Philippines and in other parts of the world have been converted into brackish water ponds. To prevent from further harming our mangrove forests, many ma...