Abstract

The objective of the present study was to study the diversity of marine macroinvertebrates in coral reef area in Aceh Besar waters. This research was conducted in September 2012 until February 2013in nine locations in the waters of Aceh Besar district, namely: AmatRamanyang, Lampuuk, PulauDituan, LhokKetapang, LhokSeudu 1, LhokSeudu 2, Deudap 1, Deudap 2, and Lamteung. The macroinvertebrates were recorded using three repeated 20 m belt transect in two different depths (2-4 m and 4-8 m) in each site. The result showed 46 species of macroinvertebratesbelonging toseven phyla were recorded. The diversity index in research station ranged between 0.88 - 2.26 (low to medium category).

Details

Title
The diversity of marine macroinvertebrates in Aceh Besar waters, Aceh, Indonesia
Author
Fadli, N 1 ; Muchlisin, Z A 1 ; Soraya, I 1 ; Dewiyanti, I 1 ; Purnawan, S 1 ; El-Rahimi, S A 1 ; Sofyan, H 2 ; Affan, M 2 ; Siti-Azizah, M N 3 

 Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia 
 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia 
 School of Biological Sciences, UniversitiSains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia; Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Nov 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17551307
e-ISSN
17551315
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2558017990
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.