SEBARAN PESUT (Orcaella brevirostris) DI PERAIRAN KABUPATEN KUBU RAYA DAN DI PERAIRAN KABUPATEN KAYONG UTARA PROVINSI KALIMANTAN BARAT
ABSTRAK: Porpoises or
freshwater dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris), of Delphinidae family and is a kind
of marine mammals. Porpoises are one of oceanic dolphins biota but this group can
live in the sea, brackish or fresh water. This species distributed in the
shallow waters of tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific from northern Australia
waters, Papua New Guniea, to the Bengal Bay, especially in Brahmaputra and
Ganges of India River waters, mekong in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, the Mahakam
River in East Kalimantan and Ayeyarwady river in Myanmar. This study is aimed
to determine the distribution of the dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in the
waters kubu raya district and waterways Kayong utara districts. This study uses
survey / observation method,population observation method using cruising with a
ship. The survey results were thediscovery of the dolphins numbered 13 tails
and are in three different groups. The first group was found in simpang lidah
area. Kubu Raya district 9 tails, the second group was found in Paket 3 (Batu
Ping). Kayong Utara District 2 tails and a third group in bumbun estuaries.
Kubu Raya District 2 tails.
Keyword: District Kubu Raya,
District Kayong Utara Waters. Pesut (Orcaella brevirostris)
Penulis: Adi Purnomo, Slamet
Rifanjani, Wahdina
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170167
