Dominance of Mangroves on The Coast of Samatiga West Aceh Regency
Keywords:
Dominance, Mangrove, Sapling, Seedling, TreeAbstract
Mangroves are very important for life on the coast. This vegetation plays a role as biodiversity by protecting the coast and maintaining the habitat of association biota. Coastal waters have various ecosystems that produce a lot of organic substances, one of which is mangroves. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of dominance of mangrove vegetation on the coast of Samatiga, West Aceh. The method of the research is a survey by sampling mangroves by purposive sampling using the square linear transect method. Sampling was carried out at low tide at three stations, each station was divided into three plots with a size of 10 x 10 m2 for the tree level, a plot of 5 x 5 m2 for the sapling level, and a plot of 1x1 m2 for the seedling level. The dominant research results from the tree, sapling, and seedling levels were dominated by Rhizophora apiculata. The highest dominant tree rate was 0.18%, the highest dominant sapling rate was 0.88%, and the highest dominant seedling rate was 0.02%.
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