Philippines identified as world's epicenter of marine biodiversity
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Diver Dennis
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He actually says the Indo-Malay-Phlippines Archipelago (IMPA)...
http://sci.odu.edu/biology/directory/carpenter_files/CarpenterSpringerEFB2005CenterofCenter.pdf
But hey, I love the Philippines...
http://sci.odu.edu/biology/directory/carpenter_files/CarpenterSpringerEFB2005CenterofCenter.pdf
But hey, I love the Philippines...
Diver Dennis
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Ooooops...
Diver Dennis
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No worries. I'm headed back there at the end of January.
Kevrumbo
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Just came back from a month-long trip to RPI (Panglao/Balicasag I.; Subic Bay Wreck Class) and Eastern Archipelagos of Indonesia (http://www.odysseadivers.com/ver2/media_video.php).
I saw more pelagics in two days of diving at Balicasag (schooling trevally & barracuda; reef sharks and large rays) than I did in 12 days of Liveaboard Diving across Halmaherah-Raja Ampat. Halmaherah looks overfished with lots of coral damage (dynamite & cyanide fishing). The reefs of Raja Ampat have abundant and rich coral & small fish/invertebrate life, the most variety I've seen so far in SE Asia --and I do hope the Indonesian Gov't does a better job protecting these reefs-- but, I saw more sharks & pelagics in just four dives in the Bohol Region than I did in thirty-three dives spanning Lembeh in N. Sulawesi to Sorong in West Papua. . .
I saw more pelagics in two days of diving at Balicasag (schooling trevally & barracuda; reef sharks and large rays) than I did in 12 days of Liveaboard Diving across Halmaherah-Raja Ampat. Halmaherah looks overfished with lots of coral damage (dynamite & cyanide fishing). The reefs of Raja Ampat have abundant and rich coral & small fish/invertebrate life, the most variety I've seen so far in SE Asia --and I do hope the Indonesian Gov't does a better job protecting these reefs-- but, I saw more sharks & pelagics in just four dives in the Bohol Region than I did in thirty-three dives spanning Lembeh in N. Sulawesi to Sorong in West Papua. . .
rhadamantus
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ahhh, kev, now you know which country to spend money on the next time youll be diving in asia.
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Yes, I believe it's better economically to spend a dive trip to the Philippines or Thailand in SE Asia right now (with the way the US Dollar is falling elsewhere in exchange currency) . . .greater opportunities to see a wide variety of Marine Life, both big and small, for a better price.
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and oh well, filipinos are better host, i firmly believe.
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