STUDY OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM CONDITIONS IN BOJONG SALAWE PANGANDARAN

marine ecology

Bojong Salawe has a mangrove conservation area. The mangrove conservation area is located around the coast of Bojong Salawe Beach, Parigi District or precisely around the bridge before heading to the point of Bojong Salawe Beach. . The mangrove ecosystem, which is located on the coast of Bojong Salawe Beach, covers an area of 237.59 ha, many mangrove areas grow around the waters of Bojong Salawe. This research was conducted to see the condition of the mangrove ecosystem in Bojongsalawe by using the Line Transect Plot method. This method is a method of sampling the population in an ecosystem by using a sampling approach that is on a line drawn through the ecosystem area. The results of field measurements show that the mangroves in Bojong Salawe have several sizes from seedlings to trees. At station 1, mangroves in the category of saplings were found with the type of mangrove Rhizopora apiculata which has tap roots and muddy substrate. the height reaches 27 m, rarely exceeds 30 m. Types of mangroves in the sapling category are Rhizopora mucronota and Rhizopora stylosa with significantly different numbers of individuals, namely Rhizopora mucronate there are 20 individuals and Rhizopora stylosa only has 1 individual. Rhizopora stylose itself is a tree with one or many trunks, up to 10 m high. At station 3, three categories of mangroves were obtained, namely the category of saplings and seedlings. For the tree category, there were Rizhopora mucronata mangrove species with a diameter of 31.5 cm in 6 individuals and 34.3 cm in individuals. In addition, Rhizopora mucronata was also found in the mangrove seedling category as many as 22 individuals. The seedling category itself is a mangrove that has a height of less than 1.5 m.

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