Coral Bleaching on Lembongan Island, Nusa Penida, Bali
Authors
Dodik Prasetia, Mr. Supriharyono, Sutrisno Anggoro, Lachmuddin Sya'Rani
Corresponding Author
Dodik Prasetia
Available Online August 2017.
- DOI
- 10.2991/icirad-17.2017.13How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Coral bleaching, Lembongan Island, Coral reef ecosytem
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine the extent of coral cover that experienced coral bleaching and its impact on coral reef ecosystem. The study was conducted from 2015 to 2016, using manta tow survey method and line intercept transect. Research showed that life coral covering equal to 63 - 91%. Coral bleaching occurs 27.51% at depths of 3 meters and 17.72% at a depth of 10 meters in June 2016. Coral bleaching consisted of branching coral and massive corals. Reef recovery occurred in November 2016.
- Copyright
- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Dodik Prasetia AU - Mr. Supriharyono AU - Sutrisno Anggoro AU - Lachmuddin Sya'Rani PY - 2017/08 DA - 2017/08 TI - Coral Bleaching on Lembongan Island, Nusa Penida, Bali BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Innovative Research Across Disciplines (ICIRAD 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 66 EP - 72 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icirad-17.2017.13 DO - 10.2991/icirad-17.2017.13 ID - Prasetia2017/08 ER -