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Aileen P. Maypa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Research Coordinator

aileenpmaypa@su.edu.ph

Education:

Ph.D. in Zoology (Marine Biology)

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA

MS Biology
Silliman University, Dumaguete City Philippines

BS Biology

Silliman University, Dumaguete City Philippines

Research Interests:

  • Coral reef restoration and reef fish recovery in typhoon-damaged reefs

  • Ichthyology and fisheries management

  • Coral reef ecology and management

  • Marine conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity advocacy using art as a tool

Selected Publications and Abstracts presented in Scientific Conferences

  • Maypa, A.P. et al. (2022). A viable coral reef recovery model in the Philippines: A tool for climate change resilience that supports food security. Program Abstracts. 15th International Coral Reef Symposium, July 3-8, 2022, Bremen, Germany (online conference).

  • Maypa, A.P. et al. 2019. Challenges in coral reef protection in the Philippines: The Nonoc coral reef damage experience in Larena, Siquijor Province. Program Abstracts. 51st Annual Convention of the Federation of Institutions for Marine and Freshwater Sciences, Southern Leyte State University, Sogod, Southern Leyte.

  • Maypa, A.P. et al. 2018. An assisted coral reef recovery framework for typhoon-damaged reefs dominated by rubble: the Siquijor Island case study. Program Abstracts. 50th Federation of Institutions of Marine and Freshwater Sciences, Silliman University, Dumaguete City.

  • Green, A.L., Maypa, A.P., Rhodes, K.L., Weeks, R., Abesamis, R.A., Gleason, M.G., Mumby, P.J. and White, A.T. 2014. Larval dispersal and movement patterns of coral reef fishes, and implications for marine reserves network design. Biological Reviews (doi: 10:111/brv 12155).

  • Fidler, R., Maypa, A.P., Apistar, D., White, A.T., and Turingan, R.G. 2014. Body size shifts in Philippine Reef Fishes: Interfamilial variation in responses to protection. Biology 3(3): 264-280.

  • Maypa, A.P., White, A.T., Cañares, E., Martinez, R., Eisma-Osorio,R.L., Aliño, P. and Apistar, D. 2012 Marine protected area management effectiveness: Progress and lessons in the Philippines. Coastal Management Journal 40 (5): 510-524.

  • Raymundo, L.J., Halford, A.R., Maypa, A.P. and Kerr, A.M. 2009. Functionally diverse reef-fish communities ameliorate coral disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (40): 17067-17070.

  • Raymundo, L.J., Maypa, A.P., Gomez, E.D. and Cadiz, P. 2007. Can dynamite-blasted reefs recover? A novel, low-tech approach to stimulating natural recovery in fish and coral populations. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: 1009 -1019.

  • Alcala, A.C., Russ, G.R., Maypa, A.P. and Calumpong, H.P. 2005. A long-term, spatially replicated, experimental test of the effect of marine reserves on local fish yields. Canadian Journal of Fisheries.

  • Maypa, AP, and Raymundo, L.J. 2004. Algae-coral interactions: mediation of coral settlement, early survival and growth by macroalgae in the Central Philippines. Silliman Journal 45: 76-95.

  • Raymundo, L.J. and Maypa, A.P. 2004. Getting bigger faster: Mediation of size-specific mortality via fusion in juvenile coral transplants. Ecological Applications 14(1): 281-295.

  • Russ, G.R., Alcala, A.C., Maypa, A.P., Calumpong, H.P. and White, A.T. 2004. Marine Reserve benefits local fisheries. Ecological Applications 14(2): 597-606.

  • Russ, G.R,. Alcala, A.C. and Maypa, A.P. 2003. Spillover from Marine Reserves: The case of Naso vlamingii at Apo Island, Philippines. Marine Ecology Progress Series 254: 15-20.

  • Maypa, AP, GR Russ, AC Alcala and HP Calumpong. 2002. Long-term trends in yield and catch rates of coral reef fishery at Apo Island, central Philippines. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 207-213.

  • Raymundo, L.J. and Maypa, A.P. 1999. Using cultured coral to rehabilitate a degraded reef in the central Philippines. Program Abstracts. International Conference on Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring, and Restoration. National Coral Reef Institute, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

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