Journal of Environment and Ecology
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<img style="float: right; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;" src="/journal/public/site/images/jee/JEE-cover2.jpg" alt="" width="200" /><p><strong><em>Journal of Environment and Ecology </em>(JEE)</strong> is an online scholarly journal, peer-reviewed, published by Macrothink Institute. The journal encourages and publishes papers in the fields of environmental and ecological sciences, including environmental physics, environmental chemistry, environmental economics, environmental management, environmental engineering & technology, environmental health, ecological and environmental protection and some hot related issues such as air and water pollution, solid waste, noise, recycling, natural resources, climate change, biodiversity and so on.</p><p>Research article, conceptual paper, case study, book review, technical report, all of the aspects are acceptable.</p><p>Journal of Environment and Ecology is now indexed in the following list: <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong><a href="https://scholar.cnki.net/Journal/index/SBQK215760923639">CNKI Scholar</a></strong></li><li><strong><span>Crossref</span></strong></li><li><strong><span>Google Scholar</span></strong></li><li><strong><span>JournalTOCs</span></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.mendeley.com/">Mendeley</a></strong></li><li><strong><span>PKP Open Archives Harvester</span></strong></li><li><strong><a href="https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/veiculoPublicacaoQualis/listaConsultaGeralPeriodicos.jsf">Qualis Index</a><span>: B4</span></strong></li><li><strong><span>RePEc</span></strong></li><li><strong><span>Sherpa/Romeo</span></strong></li><li><strong><span>Worldcat</span></strong></li></ul><p><strong>The journal accepts article submissions <a href="/journal/index.php/jee/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions">online</a> or by <a href="mailto:jee@macrothink.org">e-mail</a>.</strong> For any questions, please contact <strong>jee@macrothink.org</strong>.</p>Macrothink Instituteen-USJournal of Environment and Ecology2157-6092<p>Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the authorities responsible where the work was carried out. However, we accept submissions that have previously appeared on preprint servers (for example: arXiv, bioRxiv, Nature Precedings, Philica, Social Science Research Network, and Vixra); have previously been presented at conferences; or have previously appeared in other “non-journal” venues (for example: blogs or posters). Authors are responsible for updating the archived preprint with the journal reference (including DOI) and a link to the published articles on the appropriate journal website upon publication.</p><p>Copyrights for articles are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. Authors have rights to reuse, republish, archive, and distribute their own articles after publication. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. Authors shall permit the publisher to apply a DOI to their articles and to archive them in databases and indexes such as EBSCO, DOAJ, and ProQuest.</p>Community Structure of Herbivore Reef Fishes in Lagonoy Gulf, Eastern Philippines
https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jee/article/view/20624
<p class="1text">Reef herbivory is a critical ecological process that can control community structure in a reef and can determine recovery potential; therefore, herbivores are an important input in coral reef resiliency. In Lagonoy Gulf, herbivorous reef fishes were surveyed from 22 sampling stations with 93 transects of which 149 species belonging to 14 families were recorded. Although no differences between stations were detected among their biomasses, sizes, abundance and number of species; clustering of stations showed significant differences between clusters. Functional grouping suggests that almost all reefs experienced overfishing as average biomasses were relatively low, with grazers weighing only 112 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>, scrapers with 56 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>, browsers 14 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>, and territorial damselfish 70 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>. Marine Protected Areas (MPA) were noted to have no impact on reefs’ herbivore community structure since it was almost similar with outside-MPAs and non-MPAs, but then, MPAs have higher overall values than the two other areas. Generally, presence of herbivore fishes in Lagonoy Gulf is a good indicator of the reef’s potential recovery before and after a disturbance event. Furthermore, the diverse herbivore population of the Gulf enhances functional redundancy.</p>Antonino B. Mendoza
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2023-01-302023-01-3014110.5296/jee.v14i1.20624