Severino G. Salmo III, Ph.D. Associate Professor 6 PhD Biological Science, The University of Queensland, 2011 Associate Editor: Frontiers in Marine Science (Global Change and the Future Ocean) sgsalmo@up.edu.ph Research Lab:PRIM²E StAND

Undergraduate
BIO 164 (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology)
BIO 166 (Restoration Ecology)

Graduate
BIO 397 (Restoration Ecology)
BIO 260 (Advance Ecology)

Mangrove ecology, Restoration ecology and Coastal management

PhD Biology
Elisa Gerona-Daga

MS Microbiology
Renzo Kouji Suratos

BS Biology
Ernest Raph Arceo
Alab Mirasol B. Ayroso
Loppe Benedict M. Logmao
Andre Jacques Fallaria
Jalyssa B. Fermo
Precious B. Jacob

• Kannan, S., Balamurugan, S.,Ragavan, P., Deivasigamani, B., Wee, A.K.S., Salmo, S.G. III, Basyuni, M., Kajita, T. eDNA envisaged conservation of IUCN threatened taxa of the tropical mangrove ecosystems. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1115 02032, doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1115/1/012032.

• Gerona-Daga, M.E.B., and Salmo, S.G. III, 2022. A systematic review of mangrove restoration studies in Southeast Asia: Challenges and opportunities for the United Nation’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science. Frontiers in Marine Science 9, doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.987737.

• delos Santos, K.A., Avtar, R., Salmo, S.G. III, and Fujii, M., 2022. Assessment of mangrove colonization of aquaculture ponds through satellite image analysis: Implications for mangrove management. In Dasgupta, R., Hashimoto, S., and Saito, O. (eds.), Assessing, Mapping and Modelling of Mangrove Ecosystem Services in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2738-6.

• Reyes, A.G.B., Vergara, M.C.S., Blanco, A.C., and Salmo, S.G. III, 2022. Seagrass biomass and sediment carbon in conserved and disturbed seascape. Ecological Research 37(1): 67-79, https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12272.

• Salmo, S.G. III, 2021. Assessment of typhoon impacts and post-typhoon recovery in Philippine mangroves/lessons and challenges for adaptive management. Pp 540-559, In: Sidik, F. and Friess, D. (eds.) Dynamic Sedimentary Environments of Mangrove Coasts. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-816437-2.00022-7).

• Cabello, K.E., Germentil, M.Q., Blanco, A.C., Macatulad, E.G., and Salmo, S.G. III, 2021. Post-disaster assessment of mangrove forest recovery in Lawaan-Balangiga, Eastern Samar using NDVI time-series analysis. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 5(3): 243-250 (doi: 10.5194/isprs-annals-V-3-2021-243-2021)

• Martinez, K. P., Burgos, D.F.M., Blanco, A.C., and Salmo, S. G, III., 2021. Multi-Sensor Approach to Leaf Area Index Estimation Using Statistical Machine Learning Models: a Case on Mangrove Forests. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 5(3): 109-115 (doi: 10.5194/isprs-annals-V-3-2021-109-2021)

• Joson, M.P., Comia, M.J., Cureg, M.K., Navarrete, I.A., and Salmo, S.G. III, 2021. Comparative Assessment of Natural, Colonized and Planted Mangroves Disturbed by Lahar Deposition in Sasmuan, Pampanga, Philippines. Science & Engineering Journal 14(2): 200-211.

• Salmo, S.G. III, Gevaña, D.T., Halun, S.Z.B., Castillo, J.A.A, Nuñez, J.E., Jr., Pangilinan, M.J.M., Follosco, N.M.G., Andres, A.P., and Baling, N.S., 2021. Revisiting Learnings and Envisioning Philippine Mangroves in 2030: Proceedings of the 1st National State of the Mangrove Summit. Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Biodiversity Management Bureau and Conservation International Philippines.

• Peralta-Milan S, O. Baba and S.G. Salmo III, 2020. Linking marketing of reef-sourced seafood with tourism: Potential for improving fisheries management. Philippine Science Letters 13(2): 113-123.

• Salmo, S.G. III and J.C. Altomonte, 2020. Inferences on the role of coral bleaching or seasonality on cross-habitat movement of nekton assemblages in adjacent coral reef, seagrass, and mangrove habitats. Bulletin of Marine Science 96(3): 431-448, doi: 10.5343/bms.2019.0024

• Salmo, S.G. III, I. R. Tibbetts and N.C. Duke, 2019. Recolonization of mollusc assemblages in mangrove plantations damaged by Typhoon Chan-hom in the Philippines. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 228: 10635.

• Salmo, S.G. III and E.L.D. Gianan, 2019. Post-disturbance carbon stocks and rates of sequestration: Implications on “blue carbon” estimates in Philippine mangroves. Philippine Science Letters 12(2): 122-132.

• Salmo, S.G. III, 2019. Mangrove blue carbon in the Verde Island Passage. Nature is 30 (Climate Strategy). Conservation International Philippines. ISBN: 978-971-94594-3-9.

• Salmo, S.G. III, V. Malapit, M.C.A. Garcia and H.M. Pagkalinawan, 2019. Establishing rates of carbon sequestration in mangroves from an earthquake uplift event. Biology Letters 15: 20180799, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0799

• Dicen, G.P., I.A. Navarrete, R.V. Rallos, S.G. Salmo III and M.C.A. Garcia, 2019. The role of reactive iron in long-term carbon sequestration in mangrove sediments. Journal of Soils and Sediments 19(1): 501-510

• Estacio, I., K.R. Quinton, E. Macatulad and S.G. Salmo III, 2019. A species-specific individual- based simulation model of mixed mangrove forest stands. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Application (SIMULTECH 2019), pp. 153-164. doi: 10.5220/0007925701530164.

• Apan, A.A., J.A.A. Castillo, T.N. Maraseni and S.G. Salmo III, 2019. Accuracy assessment of Sentinel 2 image-derived leaf area index (LAI) of plant canopies and other land use/cover types in mangrove areas. Proceedings of Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2018. Volume 2: 781- 790.

• Castillo, J.A.A., A.A. Apan, T.N. Maraseni, and S.G. Salmo III, 2018. Tree biomass quantity, carbon stock and canopy correlates in mangrove forest and land uses that replaced mangroves in Honda Bay, Philippines. Regional Studies in Marine Science 24: 174-183.

• Braczkowski, A., M.H. Holden, C. O’Bryan, C.Y. Choi, X. Gan, N. Beesley, Y. Gao, J. Allan, P. Tyrrell, D. Stiles, P. Brehony, R. Meney, H. Brink, N. Takashina, M.C. Lin, H.Y. Lin, N. Rust, S.G. Salmo III, J.E.M. Watson, P. Kahumbu, M. Maron, H.P. Possingham, and D. Biggs, 2018. Reach and messages of the world’s largest ivory burn. Conservation Biology 32(4): 765-773.

• Salmo, S.G. III, I. Tibbetts and N.C. Duke, 2018. Nekton communities as indicators of habitat functionality in Philippine mangrove plantations. Marine and Freshwater Research 69(3): 477- 485, doi: 10.1071/MF17116.

• Wee, A.K.S., J.X.H. Teo, J.L. Chua, K. Takayama, T. Asakawa, S.H. Meenakshisundaram, Onrizal, B. Adjie, E.R. Ardli, S. Sungkaew, M. Suleiman, N.X. Tung, S.G. Salmo III, O.B. Yllano, M.N. Saleh, K.K. Soe, Y. Tateishi, Y. Watano, Y. Tsuda, T. Kajita and E.L. Webb, 2017. Vicariance and oceanic barriers drive contemporary genetic structure of widespread mangrove species Sonneratia alba J. Sm in the Indo-West Pacific. Forests 8(12), 483, doi: 10.3390/f8120483

• Tomizawa, Y., Y. Tsuda, M.N. Saleh, A.K.S. Wee, K. Takayama, T. Yamamoto, O.B. Yllano, S.G. Salmo III, S. Sungkaew,B. Adjie, E.R. Ardli, M. Suleiman, N.X. Tung, K.K. Soe, K. Kathiresan, T. Asakawa, Y. Watano, S. Baba, and T. Kajita, 2017. Genetic structure and population demographic history of a widespread mangrove plant Xylocarpus granatum J. Koenig across the Indo-West Pacific Region. Forests 8(12), 480, doi: 10.3390/f8120480

• Castillo, J.A.A., A.A. Apan, T.N. Maraseni and S.G. Salmo III, 2017. Estimation and mapping of above-ground biomass of mangrove forests and their replacement land uses in the Philippines using Sentinel imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 134: 70-85.

• Castillo, J.A.A., A.A. Apan, T.N. Maraseni and S.G. Salmo III, 2017. Soil greenhouse gas fluxes in tropical mangrove forests and in land uses on deforested mangrove lands. CATENA 159: 60- 69, doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.08.005

• Castillo, J.A.A., A.A. Apan, T.N. Maraseni and S.G. Salmo III, 2017. Soil C quantities of mangrove forests, their competing land uses, and their spatial distribution in the coast of Honda Bay, Philippines. Geoderma 293: 82-90, doi: 10.1916/j.geoderma.2017.01.25

• Salmo, S.G. III, I. Tibbetts and N.C. Duke, 2017. Colonization and shift of mollusc assemblages as a restoration indicator in planted mangroves in the Philippines. Biodiversity and Conservation 26: 865-881, doi: 10.1007/s10531-016-1276-6

• Ono, J., J.W.H. Yong, K. Takayama, M.N.B. Saleh, 
A.K. S. Wee, T. Asakawa, O.B. Yllano, S.G. Salmo III, M. Suleiman, N.X. Tung, K.K. Soe, S.H. Meenakshisundaram, Y. Watano, E.L. Webb and T. Kajita, 2016. Bruguiera hainesii, a critically endangered mangrove species, is a hybrid between B. cylindrica and B. gymnorhiza (Rhizophoraceae). Conservation Genetics, doi:10. 1007/s10592-016-0849-y.

• Salmo, S.G. III and D.E.O. Juanico, 2015. An individual-based model of long-term forest growth and carbon sequestration in planted mangroves under salinity and inundation stresses. International Journal of Philippine Science and Technology, 8 (2015), 31-35.

• Salmo, S.G. III, A.M.T. Favis, M.N.S. Ting, 2015. State of the mangrove summit: Northwestern Luzon Proceedings”, Ateneo de Manila University Press, Quezon City, 120p. http://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/sm.

• Wee, A.K.S., K. Takayama, J.L. Chua, T. Asakawa, H.M. Sankararamasubramanian, Onrizal, B. Adjie, E.R. Ardli, S. Sungkaew, N.B. Malekal, N.X. Tung, S.G. Salmo III, O.B. Yllano, M.N. Saleh, K.K. Soe, Y. Tateishi, Y. Watano, S. Baba, E.L. Webband T. Kajita, 2015. Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of partially sympatric species complex Rhizophora mucronata Lam. and R. stylosa Griff. using SSR markers. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 57, doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0331-3.

• Gabriel, A.V.G. and S.G. Salmo III, 2014. Assessment of trace metal bioaccumulation by Avicennia marina (Forsk.) in the last remaining mangrove stands in Manila Bay, the Philippines. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Technology 93: 722-727. doi: 10.1007/s00128-014-1415-2.

• Salmo, S.G. III, C.E. Lovelock and N.C. Duke, 2014. Assessment of vegetation and soil conditions in restored mangroves interrupted by severe tropical typhoon ‘Chan-hom’ in the Philippines. Hydrobiologia 733: 85-102. doi: 10.1007/s10750-013-1766-4.

• Salmo, S.G. III, 2014. Nekton diversity. In: Lewis RR and Brown B (eds.). Ecological Mangrove Rehabilitation: A Field Manual, pp. 124-126.

• Salmo, S.G. III, C.E. Lovelock and N.C. Duke, 2013. Vegetation and soil characteristics as indicators of restoration trajectories in restored mangroves. Hydrobiologia 720: 1-18. doi: 10.1007/s10750-013-1617-3.

• Tomizawa, Y., Y. Shinmura, A.K.S. Wee, K. Takayama, T. Asakawa, O.B. Yllano, S.G. Salmo III, E.R. Ardli, N.X. Tung, N.B. Malekal, Onrizal, S.H. Meenakshisundaram, S. Sungkaew, M.N. Saleh, B. Adjie, K.K. Soe, E. Oguri, N. Murakami, Y. Watano, S. Baba, E.L. Webb and T. Kajita, 2013. Development of 11 polymorphic microsatellite markers for Xylocarpus granatum (Meliaceae) using next-generation sequencing technology. Conservation Genetics Resources 5: 1159-1162. doi: 10.1007/s12686-013-9990-9

• Peralta-Milan, S.A. and S.G. Salmo III, 2013. Evaluating patterns of fish assemblage changes from different-aged reforested mangroves in Lingayen Gulf. Journal of Environmental Science and Management 16(1): 11-19.

• Shinmura, Y., A.K.S. Wee, K. Takayama, T. Asakawa, O.B. Yllano, S.G. Salmo III, E.R. Ardli, N.X. Tung, N.B. Malekal, Onrizal, S.H. Meenakshisundaram, S. Sungkaew, M.N. Saleh, B. Adjie, K.K. Soe, E. Oguri, N. Murakami, Y. Watano, S. Baba, E.K. Webb and T. Kajita, 2012. Development and characterization of 15 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Sonneratia alba (Lythraceae) using next-generation sequencing. Conservation Genetics Resources 4(3): 811-814. Doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9650-5.

• Shinmura, Y., A.K.S. Wee, K. Takayama, S.H. Meenakshisundaram, T. Asakawa, Onrizal, B. Adjie, E.R. Ardli, S. Sungkaew, N.B. Malekal, N.X. Tung, S.G. Salmo III, O.B. Yllano, M.N. Saleh, K.K. Soe, E. Oguri, N. Murakami, Y. Watano, S. Baba, E.L. Webb and T. Kajita, 2012. Isolation and characterization of 14 microsatellite markers for Rhizophora mucronata (Rhizophoraceae) and their potential use in range-wide population studies. Conservation Genetics Resources 4(4): 951-954. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9681-y.

• Salmo, S.G. III and N.C. Duke, 2010. Establishing mollusks colonization and assemblage patterns in planted mangrove stands of different ages in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 18(6): 745-754.. Conservation Genetics Resources 4(4): 951-954. doi: 10.1007/s12686-012-9681-y.

• Polidoro B. A., K. E. Carpenter, L. Collins, N. C. Duke, A. M. Ellison, J. C. Ellison, E. J. Farnsworth, E. S. Fernando, K. Kathiresan, N E. Koedam, S. R. Livingstone, T. Miyagi, G. E. Moore, V. N. Nam, J. E. Ong, J. H. Primavera, S. G. Salmo III, J. C. Sanciangco, S. Sukardo, Y. Wang and J. W. H. Yong, 2010. The Loss of Species: Mangrove Extinction Risk and Geographic Areas of Global Concern. PLoS ONE 5(4): e10095. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010095.

• Duke, N., K. Kathiresan, S.G. Salmo III, E.S Fernando, J.R. Peras, S. Sukardjo and T. Miyagi. 2010. Rhizophora mucronata. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. http://www.iucnredlist.org.

• Salmo, S.G. III, D.D. Torio and J.M.A. Esteban, 2007. Evaluation of rehabilitation strategies and management schemes for the improvement of mangrove management programs in Lingayen Gulf. Science Diliman 19(1): 24-34.