Scientific Survey of Marine Algae and their Resources in the Philippines Islands

菲律宾由棉兰老岛南部、中维萨亚岛和吕宋岛北部组成，分别拥有热带：亚热带和热带：以及亚热带和温带海洋藻类植物区系。一般认为，海洋藻类的中心从中心延伸到菲律宾和台湾(福尔摩沙)群岛，一直延伸到日本岛屿。目前对菲律宾海洋植物区系的科学调查将使西太平洋海藻的植物地理分布变得清晰。此外，对有用的海藻及其现役作物进行分类和生态调查，并测量其水环境参数，将有助于菲律宾和整个热带和亚热带国家有效利用和提高海藻资源的产量。1985年，第一次调查是在维萨亚进行的。第二次调查于1987年10月至1988年2月在巴拉望、宿务和棉兰老(三宝颜岛)进行。第三次调查于1989年11月至1990年2月在吕宋岛进行。

The Philippines is composed of southern Mindanao,central Visayas and northern Luzon,with tropical: subtropical and tropical: and subtropical and temperate marine algal flora, respectively. It is generally believed that the center of marine algal extended their distribution from the center through the Philippine and Taiwan (Formosa) Islands going to the islands of Japan. The present scientific survey on the marine aigal flora in the Philippines will make the phytogeographical distribution of the marine algae in the Westsrn Pacific clear. Moreover, the taxonomic and ecological surveys on the useful seweeds as well as their standing crops and measurements of their aquatic environmental parameters will contribute to the effective utilizations and increase in production of seaweed resources in the Philippines and tropical and subtropical countries in general. In 1985, the first survey was made in the Visayas. The second survey was carried out in Palawan, Cebu and Mindanao (Zamboanga) from October 1987 to February 1988.The third survey have be carried out in the island of Luzon from November 1989 to February 1990.