ANALISIS STRUKTUR DAN KOMUNITAS LAMUN SEBAGAI HABITAT PENYU DI PANTAI KAHYAPU KECAMATAN ENGGANO PROVINSI BENGKULU

Assessment Community Structure ofSeagrass as Habitat of Sea Turtle at Kahyapu Beach Enggano District North Bengkulu

Abstract

This study is a preliminary research about.seagrass as an important shallow marine biota at Desa Kahyapu Beach, Enggano, North Bengkulu. This research used survey method. The study revealed that seagrass reticence at Kahyapu seashore about 80-95%. There are only two species of seagrass were found in this region: Enhalus accoroides and Cymodocea sp. The density of Enhalus accoroides in three observation sites ranging from 655 to
797.5m2, while Cymodocea sp ranging from 388 to 471/m2. Physics and chemistry analysis show that Kahyapu
shore have a good criteria for growth and development of aquatic organism including seagrass. The average of aquatic temperature, velocity, clarity, acidity and dissolved oxygen consecutively are 32°C, 0.72m/dt, 100%, 34.3 ppm, and 7.4 mg/l. Organic suspension in sediment ranging from 15.6 to 22.7 mg/I and the solid particle suspension about 13.9 -22 mg/l.