Peter S. Anabo, Cedrick Paolo M. Gatila, Mary Felnor E. Suarez ( April 2014)
Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus – Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PSHS WVC), Brgy. Bito-on, Jaro, Iloilo City 5000, Philippines
ABSTRACT
Mangroves are trees that thrive in salty conditions; they are called halophytes which mean that they are salt-tolerant trees (Duke and Allen 2006). these mangroves have a lot uses and purposes in the ecosystem , they provide goods to humans, provide habitat or breeding ground for marine life like fish, molluscs, and crustaceans. Mangroves also protect the shoreline against strong waves ,and typhoons, according to UNEP-WCMC (2006) 70-90% energy of the waves are being absorbed by the mangrovess, serves to reduce the effects of flooding. this study Mangrove Rehabilitation Project, Brgy. Dangula-an, Anilao, Iloilo. By knowing the area, civilians around the area will know the importance of having mangrove systems in their surroundings. the mean species diversity of the mangroves thriving in the site is 0.9810 ± 0.6927 (mean ± S.D). The Simpson’s index is 0.14618 and the Shannon-Weiner is a 2.833213 Dangulaan-San Carlos, Anilao, Iloilo according to the Shannon-Weiner’s Index which was 2.1826, is relatively high.