Species composition, frequency and total density of seaweeds
International Journal of Development Research
Species composition, frequency and total density of seaweeds
Received 27th October, 2018; Received in revised form 14th November, 2018; Accepted 01st December, 2018; Published online 30th January, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Christina Litaay, Hairati Arfah. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study was conducted to determine the species composition, frequency and total density of seaweeds found on the island of Nusalaut. There were 33 species of seaweed. Of the 33 species, 15 were from the class of Chlorophyceae (45.5%), 10 species from Rhodophyceae (30.3%), and 9 species from Phaeophyceae (27.3%).Total frequency showed the highest Gracilaria (Rhodopyceae) of 29.63% in Akoon and Titawaii is 20.34%, while Halimeda (Chloropyceae) of 19.60% found on the Nalahia. Highest total frequency Phaeophyceae (Padina) is 12.96% found on the Akoon. The highest value of total density is village Ameth that is 1984 gr / m² is from the Rhodophyceae group (Acantophora), Nalahia is 486 gr/m² from the Cholorophyceae group (Halimeda), and Akoon that is 320 gr/m² from the Phaeophyceae group (Padina).
