New host record of microhabitat preferences of the Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) in the introduced habitat in Luwuk waters, Sulawesi

Banggai cardinalfish Pterapogon kauderni is an endemic apogonid fish from Banggai Islands, Central Sulawesi, which is discovered in strong association with black sea urchin (Diadema spp.). These fish also protected themselves from predators associated with sea anemones, hard coral branching, mushroom coral, soft coral, seagrass, and mangrove roots. The Banggai cardinalfish juveniles generally prefer to associate with sea anemones or mushroom corals as microhabitats. However, they are looking for similar microhabitats if they cannot find sea anemones or mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis. Microhabitat observation of Banggai cardinalfish was carried out in Luwuk waters, Banggai Regency. The result showed a new host record for juvenile phases of Banggai cardinalfish associated with upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda as a microhabitat. Further study is needed to represent areas and seasons to get more evidence between the Banggai cardinalfish and jellyfish association concepts.

Coral diseases of mushroom coral (Fungiidae) in Pari Island, Kepulauan Seribu, Jakarta

Coral disease is one of the causes of the decline in the condition of coral reef ecosystems. This study aims to measure coral health based on the abundance and prevalence of coral health categories. The research was conducted in the Pari Island Cluster, Seribu Islands at four stations. The Belt Transect method with 2 × 100 meters was used to calculate coral health and a 30 m Line Intercept Transect (LIT) with three replications to determine substrate cover. The condition of coral reefs can be categorized as moderate to good based on this percentage value. The study results found five genera from the Fungiidae, namely Fungia, Ctenactis, Herpolitha, Heliofungia, and Sandalolitha. The most commonly found genus is the genus Fungia. The health condition of Fungiidae corals in Pari Island is divided into two categories, namely 35% healthy and 65% unhealthy, consisting of changes in tissue color - white (coral bleaching), changes in tissue color - not white (yellow band disease), and compromised health (damage by sedimentation). Yellow band disease is only found in the genus ˆ and is not found in other genera.

Evaluating Search Methods for Identifying Candidates for Novel Biologically Inspired Sunscreens

As the Earth's ozone layer, which blocks harmful UV radiation from reaching Earth's surface, becomes thinner, sunscreens have become one the most used and most important cosmetic products in recent decades. However, UV filters (both organic and inorganic) in the current synthetic sunscreen are found to affect the marine ecosystem negatively. They pollute the marine environment and cause damage to organisms’ reproductive and digestive systems (from microorganisms to mammals). Here, we use biologically inspired design with a problem and sustainability-driven approach to identify a possible plant or animal-inspired ingredients that could be extracted and used to obtain high protection from the sun while minimizing toxicity to human skin and pollution of the marine environment. We used Google, Google Scholar, and AskNature to identify solutions and evaluate their effectiveness. While the three search methods did not differ statistically in the number of initial solutions found, Google was perhaps surprisingly the one that generated the most hits. However, in terms of the most promising solutions, AskNature generated the most. We identified nine solutions with a particularly high potential based on their UV absorption and potential for mass production for further development: raspberry seed oil, nanoparticles of ivy rootlets, cuticular wax of dwarf mountain pine, lichen extract, MAAs from cyanobacteria, MAAs from dinoflagellates, red sweat of hippopotamus, mucus from mushroom coral, and gadusol compound from marine organisms of which we found that nanoparticles of ivy rootlets, lichen extracts, and gadusol to be especially promising.

KONDISI TERUMBU KARANG DI KAWASAN WISATA PULAU BOKORI, KENDARI, PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA

Bokori Island has been a tourist destination managed by the Tourism Office of the Southeast Sulawesi Provincial since 2014. The location is close to the city center, making this island visited by many tourists. In addition to the beauty of the island, it is also necessary to maintain the beauty of coral reefs as objects for underwater recreation. The study was conducted on 24–25 July 2019 at three sites of observation. The research purpose was to determine the condition of coral reefs of the island, which is used as a tourist destination. The result indicates that the condition of coral reefs is categorized good by having coral cover about 50.67%. The dominant coral at the island is the foliose coral (CF) group with percent cover about 22%, followed by coral branching (CB) 10%, Acropora tabulate (ACT) 8.57%, mushroom coral (CMR) 6%, encrusting coral (CE) 2% and massive coral (CM) 1.33%. The dominant type of substrate was dead coral with algae (DCA) about 37.3%, and the damage due to explosion could still be seen in the location. The current condition of coral needs to be maintained and improved supervision so that live coral can improve so that the function to support underwater tourism can be achieved.

Deeper, Larger, More Common: Cryptic Coral Species Podabacia Benefits from Reef Recovery

In 2000 a protected area of 20,000 ha was established in West Sumatra, Indonesia (MPA Pulau Pieh) and the partial reef recovery is well documented. During monitoring of destructed reefs, a new cryptic mushroom coral species, Podabacia kunzmanni, was detected. It is not common, with rather occasional occurrence and most specimens are small. During recent visits in 2018 and 2019, the authors detected numerous specimens, mainly at three locations within the MPA Pulau Pieh, mainly at Pulau Pandan. Most individuals were found in greater depth, down to 18 m, reaching diameters of up to 20 cm. With regard to size, depth distribution and abundance, three new records can be established for this species. There are two potential explanations for finding them mainly on dead reefs: either they are better survivors or they are better colonizers of dead coral substrata. The team is presently collecting more data on the distribution and the reasons behind the sudden rise in visibility.

Melihat Kondisi Kesetimbangan Ekologi Terumbu Karang di Pulau Sempu, Malang Menggunakan Pendekatan Luasan Koloni Karang Keras (Scleractinia)

ABSTRAKPulau Sempu adalah satu-satunya cagar alam yang berada di Kabupaten Malang yang memiliki terumbu karang dengan luasan kurang dari 10 ha yang mampu bertahan dari banyaknya ancaman yang berpotensi merusaknya. Faktor lingkungan secara alamiah telah menyeleksi keanekaragaman diwilayah perairan P. Sempu, yakni hanya 9 life form karang keras yang berperan sebagai penyangga ekosistem terumbu karang di wilayah ini. Mengetahui distribusi ukuran koloni karang sama pentingnya mengetahui umur koloni karang keras untuk melihat kondisi ekosistem terumbu karang pada suatu perairan. Klas frekuensi koloni karang keras akan memberikan informasi mengenai kemampuan kompetisi, masa pubersitas dan tentu kemampuan regenerasi. Pengambilan data luasan karang dilakukan di 4 stasium (Watu Mejo 1, Watu Mejo 2, Teluk Semut 1 dan Teluk Semut 2) menggunakan kuadrat transek 1 x 1 m sepanjang 50 m pada kedalaman 5m. Berdasarkan penelitian didapatkan luasan total tertinggi pada Acropora Branching (ACB) adalah 145.811,67 cm2 dan terenda pada karang jamur (CMR) 414,35 cm2. Life form karang dapat dijadikan rujukan awal menilai kesehatan ekosistem terumbu karang. Dominan karang dengan life form massive dapat diartikan kawasan tersebut memiliki kondisi lingkungan yang penuh tekanan semisal sedimentasi tinggi, arus kuat maupun sering terekspos udara. Ukuran karang di P. Sempu rerata menunjukkan > 5 cm2 yang berarti sudah dewasa dan mampu melakukan reproduksi, sedangkan rekruitmen sangat rendah dengan indikasi sedikitnya jumlah luasan karang kurang dari 4 cm2.Kata kunci: cagar alam, bentuk pertumbuhan, reproduksi, konservasi, karang kerasABSTRACTThe abundance of coral reef in Sempu Island nature reserve was under 10 ha, in which they were a winner from environment and human threats. The environment has big role to select scleractinian coral in this area that resulted 9 coral life form as the main foundation of coral reef in Sempu nature reserve area. Knowing the coral size distribution as important to know of coral age in term determining the health of coral reef ecosystem. Class frequency of colony size gave the key information of coral competition, puberty and regeneration ability. We choose 4 station (Watu Mejo 1, Watu Mejo 2, Teluk Semut 1 dan Teluk Semut 2) to take data. Data colony size was taken by 1 x1 m quadrat along 50 m in 5 m depth. The highest colony size was Acropora branching (ACB) about 145,811.67 cm2 and the lowest one was mushroom coral (CMR) about 414.35 cm2. Life form of coral can be early detection of coral reef health. Dominance of massive coral means the coral reef under the high sedimentation, strong current or exposed by air frequently. The coral colony size in Sempu nature reserve showed > 5 cm2 that indicate they were in maturity and have capability for reproduction but the coral recruitment was very low due to few number of coral has less than 4 cm2 in colony size.Keywords: nature reserve, life form, reproduction, conservation, coralCitation: Luthfi, O.M., Rahmadita, V.L., dan Setyohadi, D. (2018). Melihat Kondisi Kesetimbangan Ekologi Terumbu Karang di Pulau Sempu, Malang Menggunakan Pendekatan Luasan Koloni Karang Keras (Scleractinia). Jurnal Ilmu Lingkungan, 16(1), 1-8, doi:10.14710/jil.16.1.1-8

Biodiversitas dan Sebaran Karang Jamur (Fungiidae) di Perairan Teluk Amurang, Minahasa Selatan

<strong>Biodiversity and Distribution of Mushroom Coral (Fungiidae) in The Amurang Bay, South Minahasa.</strong> Mushroom coral is the one of sclerectinians that has essential role to form coral reefs. This kind of species act as a microhabitat for other marine organisms such as shrimp. cryptobenthic fish, barnacle and crab. Most of these unique species have an ability to move from one habitat to another during benthic phase. The aim of this research was to determine the community structure and distribution of mushroom corals. This research was conducted in February 2017 at 4 research stations using belt transect method with 50x2m² length of transects. The results showed that 431 individuals consisting of 19 species and 11 genus were recorded. Generally, the range of values of diversity index (H) was between 0,85-1,06 (low to medium level). The evennes index (J) values was ranged from 0,81 to 0,89 (high level) while the richness index (D) was 2,47-3,58 (low level). Lythophyllon repanda, Lythophyllon concinna and Fungia fungites were the most dominant mushroom coral spesies in the Amurang Bay waters.

Community Structure Of Mushroom Coral (Fungiidae) In Banggai Island , Central Sulawesi

Mushroom coral is one of the component of hard coral family in ordo Scleratinia where this life was free living on substrate. Structure community of mushroom coral study in the waters of the Banggai Archipelago in Central Sulawesi province has not been done much. Observation on community structure of mushroom coral at Banggai Archipelago waters was conducted on July 2011. The purpose of this study to determine the species composition, diversity, evenness, density and dominance species of musrhoom coral.The method used in this research is belt transects that made ​​ parallelly extended to the shoreline with the size of 100 x 3 m2. Mushroom coral species observation done visually by counting the number of species. It was found 27 species belong to 10 genus of mushroom corals. The highest diversity index (H) was 1,19 at station 9 and the minimum was 0,95 at station 4. The highest avenness index (j) was 0,69 at station 3 and the minimum was 0,44 at station 8. The highest dominance index (D) was 0,14 at station 7 and minimum was 0,08 at station 6. Identification results shows that there are 5 species of mushroom coral found in the 9 station, which is Fungia concinna, F. repanda, F. fungites, F. costulata and Herpolita limax. Keywords : community structure, mushroom coral, banggai archipelago, Central Sulawesi ABSTRAK Karang jamur merupakan salah satu family karang batu yang masuk dalam ordo Scleractinia dimana hidupnya bebas pada substrat. Penelitian mengenai struktur komunitas karang jamur di perairan kepulauan Banggai propinsi Sulawesi Tengah belum banyak dilakukan. Pengamatan struktur komunitas karang jamur di perairan Kepulauan Banggai telah dilakukan pada bulan Juli 2011. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk melihat komposisi jenis, keanekaragaman jenis, kemerataan jenis, kepadatan dan dominansi jenis karang jamur. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu transek sabuk yang dibuat memanjang garis pantai dengan luas transek 100 x 3m². Pengamatan jenis karang jamur dilakukan secara visual dengan menghitung jumlah tiap jenis. Hasil analisis menunjukkan jumlah jenis karang jamur yang ditemukan sebanyak 27 jenis yang mewakili 10 marga. Indeks keanekaragaman jenis (H) tertinggi dijumpai di stasiun 9 sebesar 1,19 dan terendah di stasiun 4 sebesar 0,95. Indeks kemerataan jenis (j) tertinggi ditemukan di stasiun 3 sebesar 0,69 dan terendah di stasiun 8 sebesar 0,44. Indeks dominansi jenis (D) tertinggi dijumpai di stasiun 7 sebesar 0,14 dan terendah di stasiun 6 sebesar 0,08. Hasil identifikasi jenis menunjukkan ada 5 jenis karang jamur yang ditemukan di 9 stasiun yaitu Fungia concinna, F. repanda, F. fungites, F. costulata dan Herpolita limax. Kata kunci : Struktur komunitas, Karang jamur, Kepulauan Banggai