Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Development Studies
Vol. 4 No. 3 (2016)

Recent Status of Coral Reef Ecosystem in Penuktukan Bali, Indonesia: the Implication for Sustainable Marine Tourism Implementation

Linda Herawati (Graduate Program in Environmental Science, Brawijaya University, Malang 65145 East Java, Indonesia)
Luchman Hakim (Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Brawijaya University, Malang 65145 East Java, Indonesia)
Guntur Guntur (Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Brawijaya University, Malang 65145 East Java, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Nov 2016

Abstract

Recent development of marine tourism in Penuktukan Village, Sub district Tejakula of the Buleleng Regency in Bali has been contributed to the coral reef ecosystem. The aim of the research was to determine the coral reefs coverage, coral reef and fishes diversity  inPenuktukan Villages, Sub district Tejakula of the Buleleng Regency. Result of the research confirms that coral reef coverage in Penuktukan was varied from 53 to 56%, indicates human impact to coral reefs ecosystems. The coverage level can be influenced by tourist activities.Based on the observation it is clear that Coral Foliose types were dominant.Diversity index (H’) of coral reefs ranging from 1.754 to 1.814; while the evenness index (E) was ranging from 0.8435 to 0.9468. The observed fish was less than 25 individual.These fishes taxonomically belong to Serranidae,  Lutjanidae,  Letherinidae, Caesionidae, Scaridae, Haemulidae and  Chaetonodae.It was lowest compared to the standard for population in healthy water. The implementation of marine based tourism in Penuktukan Village should be controlled through visitor management and coral reef ecosystem conservation.Keywords: Bali, coral reefs, marine tourism.

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Journal Info

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jitode

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Environmental Science Social Sciences

Description

Journal of Indonesian Tourism and Studies is an interdisciplinary journal to assess the development of tourism. This journal also examines the phenomenon of unique interrelation about tourism activities, community development, and environmental sustainability, with the aim to find an alternative ...