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Jan Danelle A. Bernido; Chelsea D. Dumaran; Shenny Dee D.

Arquiza
Gr. 10- Einstein

RESEARCH PLAN

Title: Carbon Stocks on Leaves, Rhizomes and Roots of the Seagrass Thalassia
hemprichii in Guang-guang, Dahican, City of Mati

Rationale

Seagrass or marine flowering plants plays a major role. They serve as habitat
and food for commercially, recreationally and ecologically for important fish and
shellfish. Blue carbon content of seagrasses and other marine ecosystem is the latest
trend for the climate change mitigation. But, seagrass beds are mostly neglected and
decreasing in number at present times. People have been blind of the different
helpful benefits that they give.
Thus, determining the different carbon content of Thalassia hemprichii, a
kind of seagrass species that is abundant at tropical marine ecosystems, will serve
as new insights to people on how important they are and to take care of them. This
study could also help in other blue carbon studies.

Statement of the Problem (Questions or Problem being addressed)

a) How much carbon is sequestered in Thalassia hemprichii at Guang-guang

Beach, Dahican, Mati City, Philippines?

General Objectives

This study aims to conduct a carbon inventory of Thalassia hemprichii at Guang-guang


Beach, Dahican, Mati City, Philippines.
Specific Objectives

1. Determine the carbon stocks present on Thalassia hemprichii at Guang-guang

Beach, Mati City, Philippines.

2. Identify the percentage of carbon concentrated in specific parts of Thalassia

hemprichii:

a) Leaves
b) Rhizomes

c) Roots

Significance of the Study (Expected Outcomes)

The society today faces an impending climate change menacing all living

organisms. There is an increase of atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, because of the

significant number of carbon present on earth’s atmosphere. It is truly a great threat to

earth affecting all that inhabits it.

Coastal ecosystems such as tidal marshes, mangrove, and seagrasses are among

the most threatened and rapidly disappearing natural environments on earth (Vastliela et

al. 2001). When lost, this situation could become new sources of climate change causing

carbon emissions that can last for centuries; they not only stop sequestrating carbon, but

they also release their stores of carbon.

The discovery of blue carbons serve as hope for preventing degradation and

destruction and promoting restoration of coastal ecosystems as a significant tool for the

mitigation of climate change, but with the current status of population of the marine and

coastal ecosystems, hopes get flushed down.

This study focuses on the Thalassia hemprichii seagrass species, its level of

absorption of blue carbon and its contributions to the impending rate of climate change.

Thalassia hemprichii is the second largest seagrass species in the region (Prathep, A.,

2012), and provides habitat and food for sea turtles.

With this research, the researcher aspires that this study will become an eye-

opener to human beings to take care of marine and coastal ecosystems. Helping people to

realize how important our coastal ecosystems to the region as well as the whole world.
MATERIALS AND METHODS

Study Area
The study will be conducted at Guang-guang, Dahican, City of Mati.

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURE

A one shot field sampling will be conducted at the identified sampling station. Three

replicate quadrats of 0.25m2 x 0.25m2 will be established randomly. Seagrass species

Thalassia hemprichii will be collected at the intertidal flat of the station. The percent

cover and shoot density of the T. hemprichii will be measured before harvesting the

samples.

FIELD SURVEY ACTIVITIES

Collection and Harvesting of T. Hemprichii for Biomass determination

The method that will be used in gathering the biomass will ony be limited harvesting,

because quantitative harvesting is destructive.

The length of the leaves will be measured using a transect tape, and will be recorded.

The taken samplings will be putted in a reseal-able bag and will be putted in an ice chest

or case to ensure safeties.

LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

Sample Preparation

The wet weight of the samples will be taken. After that, it will be cleaned thoroughly

with running water to remove sediments. The dead seagrass leaves will be separated from

the live seagrass blades.

Sorting Seagrass Aboveground and Below


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