STUDI HABITAT TEMPAT BERTELUR PENYU HIJAU (Chelonia mydas) DI KAWASAN TAMBLING WILDLIFE NATURE CONSERVATION (TWNC) TAMAN NASIONAL BUKIT BARISAN SELATAN (TNBBS) TANGGAMUS PESISIR BARAT
ABSTRACT: This study aims to
determine the nesting habitat of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the Tambling
Wildlife Nature Conservation (TWNC) Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (TNBBS)Tanggamus
West Coast. We collected a variety of data to describe the habitat and nests
used.The data collected include: the length of the beach, the slope and width
of the beach, the size ofthe nest, the temperature of the nest, air temperature
and humidity, salinity, texture of sand, and the presence of factors that
influence sea turtle conservation. From Belimbing beach to Sekawatbeach, we
found that beach lengthwas 18.075 meters, the slope of the coast ranged 6-15%,
the beach width ranged 21-50 meters at low tide and 5-17 meters at high tide,
%, the nest holecircumference averaged 414,66 cm,the nest temperature ranged
27,05⁰C to 38,55⁰C,the airtemperature ranged 30,8⁰C-26,8⁰C, the humidity ranged
72.6%-62.93, the depth of the nest averaged 56 cm, the salinity of the sea
water averaged 30.3 ‰, and the fine sand fraction ranged 0,10-0,21 mm. Green
Turtles are threatened by the presence of predators such as Monitor Lizard
(Varanus salvator) and ghost crab(Ocypoda sp.), as well as by human activity.Trawl
fishing in the ocean also could affect sea turtle conservation.
Keyword: Green Turtle,
physical characteristics, nesting habitat
Penulis: Hairul Rohim, Slamet
Rifanjani, Erianto
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170034
