Fe Dolores Parado Estepa

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Sex: Female

Education:

  • Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, Ph.D. (Biology and Aquaculture), 1999
  • University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Iloilo City, Masters in Management Major in Business Management, 1996
  • University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Iloilo City, M.S.Fisheries Major in Aquaculture , 1982
  • Mindanao State University , Lanao Sur, B.S.Biology , 1977
  • University of San Carlos Girls High School, Cebu City, Secondary School , 1972
  • University of San Carlos, Girls High School, Cebu City, Elementary , 1968

Field of Specialization:

Research, Penaeid shrimp broodstock management and larval rearing, Portunid crab larval rearing, Crustacean biology and physiology

Researches:

Estepa, F.D.P., (1985) Larval rearing of Penaeus monodon : Feeds and feeding techniques
Fish and Crustacean Feeds and Nutrition/ Philippine Council for Aquatic And Marine Research and Development Book Series , No. 3

Estepa, F.D.P. , (1989) Practices in larval and postlarval rearing of tiger prawns
SEAFDEC AQD. SEAFDEC Newsletter Volume 11, No. 4

Estepa, F.D.P., (1988) Selection, transport and acclimation of prawn fry
UP Aquaculture Society; Iloilo City, Philippines

Estepa, F.D.P. , (1991) Survival of newly-hatched Epinephelus malabaricus at different salinity levels.
European Aquaculture Society Special Publication Gent, Belgium Volume 15

Estepa, F.D.P., Ferraris, R.P., .Ladja, J.M., de Jesus, E.G., (1987) Responses of intermolt Penaeus indicus to large fluctuations in environmental salinity
Aquaculture Volume 64

Estepa, F.D.P. , (1998) Survival of Penaeus monodon postlarvae and juveniles at different salinity and temperature levels.
The Israeli J of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh Volume 50

Estepa, F.D.P., Ladja, J.M., de Jesus, E.G., Ferraris, R.P., (1989) Effect of salinity on hemolymph calcium concentration during the molt cycle of the prawn Penaeus monodon
Marine Biology Volume 102

Estepa, F.D.P., Llobrera, J.A., Villaluz, A.C. and Salde, R. , (1993) Survival and metamorphosis of Penaeus monodon larvae at different salinity levels.
Israeli J. Aquaculture - Bamidgeh Volume 45, No. 1

Estepa, F.D.P, Quinitio, E.T., Borlongan, E., (1991) Prawn hatchery operations
SEAFDEC AQD Extension Manual No. 19/ Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines Volume 19

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., Borlongan, E.D., (1996) Prawn Hatchery Operations. (Revised edition)
SEAFDEC AQD Extension Manual No. 19 Volume 19

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., Rodriguez, E.M. , (2007) Seed production of Charybdis ferriatus
Aquaculture Research Volume 38

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., Rodriguez, E.M., (2002) Seed production of the crucifix crab Charybdis feriatus
Aquaculture Asia Volume 7, No. 3

Estepa, F.D.P., Agbayani, R.F., Samonte, G.P.B., Tumaliuan, R.T., Ortega, R.S. and Espada, L.T. , (1994) Economic assessment of shrimp (P. monodon) hatchery industry in Panay Island.
AFSSRN-SEAFDEC/AQD

Estepa, F.D.P., Bautista, M.N., Millamena, O.M., Borlongan, E.L., (1992) Large scale hatchery production of Penaeus monodon using natural food and artificial diets
The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh Volume 43

Estepa, F.D.P., De Pedro, J., Quinitio, E.T., (2007) Formalin as an alternative to trifluralin as prophylaxis against fungal infection in mud crab Scylla serrata
Aquaculture Research Volume 38

Estepa, F.D.P., Ferraris, R.P., de Jesus, E.G., Ladja, J.M., (1987) Osmotic and chloride regulation in the hemolymph of tiger prawn Penaeus monodon during molting in various salinities
Marine Biology Volume 95

Estepa, F.D.P., Ferraris, R.P., Ladja, J.M., de Jesus, E.G., (1986) Effect of salinity on the osmotic, chloride, total protein and calcium concentrations in the hemolymph of the prawn Penaeus monodon (Fabricius)
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Volume 83A

Estepa. F.D.P., Le Vay, L., Lebata J.H., Walton, M., Primavera, J.H., Quinitio, E.T., Pitogo, C.L., Rodriguez, E., Ut, V.N., Nghia, T.T., Sorgeloos, P., Wille, M., (2008) Approaches to stock enhancement in mangrove-associated crab fisheries.
Rev. Fish. Sci. Volume 16, No. 1 - 3

Estepa, F.D., Hamid, S.N., Fortes, R.D., (1994) Effect of pH and ammonia on survival and growth of the early larval stages of Penaeus monodon Fabricius
Aquaculture Volume 125

Estepa, F.D.P., Primavera, J.H., Lebata, J.L., (1998) Morphometric relationship of length and weight of giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon according to life, stage, sex and source
Aquaculture Volume 164

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., De Pedro, J., (2007) Ovarian maturation stages of the mud crab Scylla serrata
Aqua Research Volume 38

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., Coniza, E., (1991) Notes on the completion of the life cycle of Penaeus japonicus in captivity in the Philippines
Philippine Journal of Science Volume 120, No. 2

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., Millamena, O.M., Rodriguez, E.M., Borlongan, E.L., (2001) Seed production of mud crab Scylla serrata
Asian Fisheries Science Volume 14

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., (2000) Transport of Scylla serrata megalopae at various densities and durations
Aquaculture Volume 185

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., (2003) Biology and hatchery of mud crabs Scylla spp. Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center - Aquaculture Department Volume 34

Estepa, F.D.P., Quinitio, E.T., Rodriguez, E.M., (2002) Seed production of mud crab Scylla spp.
Aquaculture Asia Volume 7, No. 3

Estepa, F.D.P, Quintillo, E.T., Rodriguez, E.M., (2009) Nursery and grow-out of mud crab
Training Handbook on Rural Aquaculture Volume 4.4

Estepa, F.D.P., Rodriguez, E.M., Quinitio, E.T., (2007) Extension of nursery culture of Scylla serrata (Forskal) juveniles in cages and ponds
Aquaculture Research Volume 38

Estepa, F.D.P., Rodriguez, E.M., Quinitio, E.T., Millamena, O.M. , (2001) Culture of Scylla serrata megalopae in brackishwater ponds
Asian Fisheries Science Volume 14

Estepa, F.D.P., Abiera, M.L.S., Gonzales, G.A., (2007) Acute toxicity of nitrite to mud crab Scylla serrata
Aquaculture Research Volume 38

Quinitio, E.T., Estepa, F.D.P., (2011) Survival and growth of mud crab, Scylla serrata, juveniles subjected to removal or trimming of chelipeds
Aquaculture Volume 318
() Noor-Hamid, S., Fortes, R. D., & Parado-Estepa, F. (1994). Effect of pH and ammonia on survival and growth of the early larval stages of Penaeus monodon Fabricius. Aquaculture, 125(1?2), 67?72.
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Quinitio, E.T., de la Cruz, J.J., Eguia, M.R.R., Parado-Estepa, F.D., Pates, G., Lavilla-Pitogo, C.R., (2011) Domestication of the mud crab Scylla serrata. http://www.seafdec.org.ph/2011/trimming-chelipeds-reduces-cannibalism-in-mud-crab/#sthash.TTSn2Ae5.dpuf
Aquaculture International 19 (Special Issue) Volume 19

Papers Presented:

  • Shrimps, Seminar Workshop on Aquaculture Development in Southeast Asia and Prospects for Seafarming and Searanching/ SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, Iloilo, Philippines.
  • Shrimp seed production at SEAFDEC/ AQD., Aquaculture Workshop for SEAFDEC AQD Training Alumni. SEAFDEC AQD, Tigbauan, Philippines
  • Research on crustaceans , Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Southeast Asia and Japan, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, Iloilo, Philippines
  • Prawn hatchery. Perspectives in Aquaculture Development in Southeast Asia and Japan, Seminar on Aquaculture Development in Southeast Asia. SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department. Iloilo City, Philippines
  • Larval survival and megalopa production of Scylla sp. at different salinities, International Scientific Forum. ACIAR Proceedings No. 78. Darwin, Australia
  • Osmoregulation in Penaeus monodon: Effect of molting and external salinity , The First Asian Fisheries Forum, Manila, Philippines/Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines
  • Development of hatchery techniques for the mud crab Scylla serrata: I. Comparison of feeding schemes, International Scientific Forum, ACIAR Proceedings No. 78. Darwin, Australia
  • Reproductive performance of captive Penaeus monodon fed various sources of carotenoids. , National Seminar-Workshop on Fish Nutrition and Feeds, SEAFDEC/AQD, Iloilo, Philippines. Pp 74-82

Awards:

  • Magna Cum Laude, Mindanao State University, 1977
  • National R&D Paper Award, National Research Symposium , 2005
  • BAR Director's Award for R&D Paper Published in an International Refereed Scientific Journal, National Research Symposium, 2001
  • RONPAKU Fellowship Grant for PhD , DOST- JSPS-Joint Scientific Program, 1995-1999
  • College scholarship, 1st and 2nd semester, University of the Phils. - Visayas , 1979-1980
  • Scholarship to pursue Masters in Science degree, SEAFDEC , 1979-1981
  • Full scholarship, 2nd semester, Mindanao State University, 1972-73 to 1976 -1977