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Site Description
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The site is a coastal area where extensive seagrass meadows occur (250 ha) on intertidal zone down to te depth of 10 metres. Around the bay, several hills occur, with the higest altitude is about 80 metres.
The substrate in the coastal area consists of mud, fine sand, coarse sand, coral rubble and dead corals (massive). The tidal range is 3 metres.
Eleven species of seagrass were recorded in the site. Seagrass froms monospecific and mix vegetation, with coverage varried between 5-100%. The dominant species is Enhalus acoroides. There are at least 70 crustaceans belonging to 16 families, 70 molloscs, and 85 fish species that have been recorded associated with this habitat.
The beach is a nesting site for turtles during November-April. The seagrass meadows are habitats for Dugong. This mammals have been caught for several times in 1990 and 1992.
Economically seaweeds found in the beds are Eucheuma and Gracilaria.
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Site Location |
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The site is located south of Lombok island, about 80 km from Mataram. |
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Special Memmo |
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The site is listed as one of the major seagrass meadows in Indonesia (Moosa et al. 1996). The site is known as habitat for Dugong and nesting area form sea turtles. |
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| | List of Birds (0 species) | |
No data found for the provided SITE_COD.
| | List of Mamal (1 species) | |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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| Dugong dugon | Vulnerable | App I |
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| | List of Fish (0 species) | |
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| | List of Crustaseans (0 species) | |
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| | List of Mollusk (0 species) | |
No data found for the provided SITE_COD.
| | List of Fish (0 species) | |
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| | List of Reptile (0 species) | |
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| | List of Vegetation (1 species) | |
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| Species |
Red Data Book |
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| Halodule pinifolia | | |
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