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EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-Chief
Maricor N. Soriano, Ph.D.

Associate Editors
Zubaida U. Basiao, Ph.D.
Biology

Joel Joseph S. Marciano, Jr., Ph.D.
Computer Science, Engineering

Nemesio E. Montano, Ph.D.
Biochemistry

Rosana B. Tarriela, Ph.D.
Earth Sciences

Fernando P. Siringan, Ph.D.
Marine Sciences

Cristine D. Villagonzalo, Dr. Rer. Nat.
Physics

Corazon D. Villareal, Ph.D.
Managing Editor

Dercylis G. Mararac
Editorial Assistant

Hildie M. Nacorda
Copy Editor

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A Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

COVER PHOTO
Aerial shot taken in 2001 of fish cages in Guiguiwanen Channel, Bolinao,
Pangasinan several months before the February 2002 massive fish kill in
the area. Photo courtesy of Dr. Gil Jacinto of the Marine Science Institute,
University of the Philippines, Diliman.

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Kelvin S. Rodolfo, Ph.D.
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
krodolfo@uic.edu

Alfonso M. Albano, Ph.D.
Dept. of Physics
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
aalbano@brynmawr.edu

Victor C. Gavino, Ph.D.
Dept. of Nutrition
University of Montreal, Canada
victor.gavino@umontreal.ca

Rudolf A. Roemer,  Ph.D.
Centre for Scientific Computing and Dept. of Physics
University of Warwick
r.roemer@warwick.ac.uk

Raul K. Suarez, Ph.D.
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Sta. Barbara
suarez@lifesci.ucsb.edu