Pennate Diatoms in Talin Bay Lian, Bantangas Province, Philippines
Milagros Lontoc Relon
Biology Department, College of Science
De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 1004
ABSTRACT
The pennate diatoms from the five stations of Talin Bay, Lian, Batangas Province, Philippines were collected for a period of one year, preserved, identified and classified based on their gross morphology using scanning electron microscope and photomicroscope. Order Bacillariales was represented by Cocconeis scutellum Ehrenberg, Bacillaria paxillifera (O.F. Muller)Hendy, Fraglilariopsis oceanica (Cleve)Hasle, Nitzschia longissima (Brebisson) Ralfs, Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round, Striatella unipunctata (Lyngbye) Agardh, Pleurosigma normanii Ralfs, Campylodiscus ralfsii W. Hallegraeff and Licmophoralla bellata (Carmichael) Agardh.
Cordero (1972) pointed out that the work of Bailey and Harvey from 1853 to 1862 was the earliest recorded studies of Philippine diatoms. The author also pointed out that O' Meara in 1872 made an inclusive study of the genus Navicula (Diatomaceae) from Sulu archipelago and that Mann (1925) published a book on the marine diatoms of the Philippines. . . . read more
