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Fenomena Bleaching Karang Tahun 2009 di Pulau Badi Selat Makassar (Coral Bleaching Event on 2009 in Badi Island Makassar Strait)

Abstract

Bleaching event is loss of zooxanthella from the marine organisms tissue, as a caused by enviromental stress. Coral bleaching fenomenom was observed on May and June 2009 in Badi Island on Makassar Strait, Indonesia . The method used in this study is identified the photos coral colonies which bleaching infected were photographed with a Ixus Digital Canon 75 camera in an underwater housing. The results showed that the bleaching corals are caused by temperature anomaly above 1,24oC higher than annually temperature 29,09oC. This phenomenom were occurred on end of May 2009. The bleaching coral species were dominanated by Pocillopora domicornis, , Acropora spp, Porites lobata, , Goniopora lobata, Favia spp, Goniastrea dan Fungia and so coral transplant from Acropora loripes. The bleached corals are not only found in hard corals, but also in species of soft corals and coral reef zooxanthellae symbiosis invertebrates. The average areas of bleached colonies were 69 ?? 26%, there were some parts of the colonies had died and several tissues were bleached but still alive. Approximately 5 ??? 20% of colonies were found had died and conversely, there were 75% of the total colonies were still alive but in bleaching progress

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