Kajian Kondisi Oseanografi untuk Kelayakan Budidaya Beberapa Spesies Rumput Laut di Perairan Pantai Barat Sulawesi Selatan
Abstract: Seaweeds, one of
important commodity in Indonesia, have been widely used for daily needs, either
for consumption or for industrial raw material.
Seaweed culture requires environment preference for living in the
water. This study was carried out in the
waters of Pangkep Regency for six months, form July to December 2009. The obtained field data consisted of several
physic-chemical oceanography parameters.
These data were then analyzed to evaluate and determine the feasibility
of marine waters location for seaweed culture purpose, using scoring test, then
followed by score weighing. The result
of the study suggested that the study area was categorized as suitable
enough. In general, the study area can
be categorized as suitable area for seaweed culture provided considering
certain limiting factors. There are six
seaweed species have not been cultured and they have economic prospects.
Keywords: seaweed, culture
feasibility, west coast
Penulis: Ilham Jaya
Kode Jurnal: jpperikanandd090105
