OceanExpert ID : 61251

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Joseph Benedict Tion GARCIA

Physical Oceanography

University of the Philippines Diliman, Marine Science Institute

Work Location

The Marine Science Institute Velasquez St.
University of the Philippines Diliman
1101 Quezon City
Philippines

Nationality

Philippines

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Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/jbtgarcia

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Physical Oceanography

Activities

Currently working as a University Research Associate at the Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines Diliman. With a background in coral reef and reef-fish ecology and fisheries, I am currently taking a master's degree program on marine physcial sciences with a special interest on mesophotic coral reef ecosystems encompassing coastal and offshore seamount reefs.

My current project involves establishing connectivity across shallow and deep reef habitats through creating hydrodynamic models for larval dispersal simulations. My planned thesis program output is to provide a habitat suitability model for determining locations of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in the Philippines.

Sea regions of study

South China Sea
Philippine Sea

Skills

  • Reef-fish identification and census through scuba and remote video survey methods
  • Fisheries community surveys
  • Marine SONAR surveys
  • Hydrodynamic ocean modeling

Working language(s)

English
Filipino

Created: 2023-08-24 | Last Updated: 2023-08-25