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              January-June 2015  •  Vol. 27  No. 1

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Science Diliman

        ISSN 0115-7809

SCIENCE DILIMAN is published semi-annually

(June and December) by the University of

the Philippines Diliman through the Off ice

of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and

Development. The journal features articles

of pure and applied sciences.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Irene M. Villaseñor, Ph.D.

Associate Editors
Jose Maria P. Balmaceda, Ph.D.
Louis Angelo M. Danao, Ph.D.
Carlos Primo C. David, Ph.D.
Alonzo A. Gabriel, Ph.D.
Marco Nemesio E. Montaño, Ph.D.
Jonas P. Quilang, Ph.D.
Rene N. Rollon, Ph.D.
Arnel A . Salvador, Ph.D.
Terence P. Tumolva, Ph.D.

Managing Editor
Gonzalo A. Campoamor II, Ph.D.

Editorial Assistant
Narita E.C. de las Alas

Layout Artist
Dercylis G. Mararac

Copyeditor

Arvin A. Mangohig

On the Cover:
A coral reef in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Many
reef areas throughout the Philippines have
become dominated by small-bodied species and
individuals due to pressures such as over-f ishing
and habitat degradation. Description of the image
by Jonathan Anticamara Lab Group.

Teofilo A. Abrajano, Jr., Ph.D.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Rigoberto C. Advincula, Ph.D.

Case School of Engineering

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Kenneth Buckle, Ph.D.

Food Science and Technology Group

School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering

The University of New South Wales

Sydney,  Australia

Jose B. Cruz, Jr., Ph.D.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ohio State University

University of California, Irvine

University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

John P. Encarnacion, Ph.D.

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Saint Louis University, USA

Mihali A. Felipe, Ph.D.

Gerstein Lab, Bioinformatics

Yale University, USA

Robert J. Howell, Ph.D.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Sheff ield

Sheff ield, United Kingdom

Jeanmiare E. Molina, Ph.D.

Department of Biology

Long Island University,  Brooklyn, USA

Rudolf A. Roemer, Ph.D.

Centre for Scientif ic Computing and

Department of Physics

University of Warwick

United Kingdom

Raul K. Suarez, Ph.D.

Department of Ecology,  Evolution

and Marine Biology

University of California, Sta. Barbara, USA

Myra O. Villareal, Ph.D.

Life and Environmental Sciences

University of Tsukuba,  Japan

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