Jurnal Segara
Vol 13, No 2 (2017): Agustus

Seagrass Ecosystem Carbon Stock In The Small Islands: Case Study In Spermonde Island, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Agustin Rustam (Marine Research Center, The Agency for Marine & Fisheries Reseach& Human Resources, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries)
Nasir Sudirman (Marine Research Center, The Agency for Marine & Fisheries Reseach& Human Resources, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries)
Restu Nur Afi Ati (Marine Research Center, The Agency for Marine & Fisheries Reseach& Human Resources, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries)
Hadiwijaya Lesmana Salim (Marine Research Center, The Agency for Marine & Fisheries Reseach& Human Resources, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries)
Yusmiana Puspitaningsih Rahayu (Marine Research Center, The Agency for Marine & Fisheries Reseach& Human Resources, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2017

Abstract

Small islands are particularly rich with coral reefs and seagrass ecosystems and coastal plants. Seagrass is one of the coastal ecosystems of blue carbon, which is capable of storing utilize and store CO2 in the form of organic carbon in biomass and sediment. The purpose of this study to get the carbon stock of seagrass and its role in climate change. The survey method with sampling purposive sampling representing all research sites and analyzed the amount of carbon contained in biomass and sediment. The result showed that there were eight species of seagrass found, and the highest carbon stock  on the type Enhalus acoroides at  Kapoposang island was 1.64 MgC / ha. The average value of the total biomass of carbon stock in the island's largest seagrass Bauluang island  was 1.89 ± 0.92 Mg C / ha with the largest at the ground below 77% of total carbon biomass. Carbon stock in sediments of seagrass ecosystems average of 531.87 ± 74.08 Mg C / ha up to a depth of 50 cm. The role of seagrass in Spermonde archipelago waters in climate change in both the biomass and sediment for MgC 533.25 MgC/ ha is equivalent to the use of CO2 for 1955.26 MgCO2e / ha.

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Journal Info

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segara

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Subject

Earth & Planetary Sciences Environmental Science Materials Science & Nanotechnology

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Jurnal SEGARA (p-ISSN: 1907-0659, e-ISSN: 2461-1166) adalah Jurnal yang diasuh oleh Pusat Riset Kelautan, Badan Riset dan Sumber Daya Manusia Kelautan dan Perikanan (BRSDMKP), Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan – KKP, dengan nomenklatur baru Pusat Riset Kelautan, Badan Riset dan Sumber Daya ...