Edgardo D. Gomez, Ph.D. – National Scientist, Professor Emeritus, Founding Director, UP-MSI

Contact:
edgomezph@yahoo.com

Education:
Ph.D. Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California – San Diego

Research Interests:
Coral Reef Ecology and Restoration, Conservation of Marine Resources, Reproduction of Marine invertebrates and Culture of Giant Clams

Selected Publications:

• Neo, Mei Lin & Wabnitz, Colette & D. Braley, Richard & A. Heslinga, Gerald & Fauvelot, Cecile & Van Wynsberge, Simon & Andréfouët, Serge & Waters, Charles & Shau-Hwai Tan, Aileen & D. Gomez, Edgardo & Costello, Mark & Todd, Peter. (2017). Giant clams (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae): A comprehensive update of species and their distribution, current threats and conservation status. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 55. 87-388.
• Cabaitan, P. C., Gomez, E. D., & Yap, H. T. (2016). The spaghetti sponge Callyspongiasamarensis (Wilson, 1925) provides temporary habitat for reef fish recruits. Marine Biodiversity, 541–542.
• Cabaitan, P., Yap, H. T., & Gomez, E. D. (2015). Performance of single versus mixed coral species for transplantation to restore degraded reefs. Restoration Ecology, 23(4), 349–356.
• Cabaitan, P. C., Gomez, E. D., & Yap, H. T. (2015). The spaghetti sponge Callyspongia samarensis (Wilson, 1925) provides temporary habitat for reef fish recruits. Marine Biodiversity, 0–1.
• dela Cruz, D. W., Rinkevich, B., Gomez, E. D., & Yap, H. T. (2015). Assessing an abridged nursery phase for slow growing corals used in coral restoration. Ecological Engineering, 84, 408–415.
• Gomez, E. (2015). Rehabilitation of biological resources: Coral reefs and giant clam populations need to be enhanced for a sustainable marginal sea in the Western Pacific. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 18(2), 120–127.
• Gomez, E., Cabaitan, P., Yap, H., & Dizon, R. M. (2014). Can coral cover be restored in the absence of natural recruitment and reef recovery? Restoration Ecology, 22(2), 142–150.
• Guest, J. R., Baria, M. V, Gomez, E. D., Heyward, A. J., & Edwards, A. J. (2014). Closing the circle: is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated corals? Coral Reefs, 33(1), 45–55.