STRUKTUR DAN KOMPOSISL VEGETASI MANGROVE DI BIKOEN-KUPANG, TIMOR

INDIARTO, YUN
MULYADI, MULYADI
YUSUF, RAZALI

BERITA BIOLOGI
Vol 3, No 9 (1989)

YUN INDIARTO, MULYADI & RAZALI YUSUF, 1989.The structure and composition of mangrove in Bikoen-Kupang,Timor.Berita Biologi 3(9): 455 - 457.Mangrove forests in EastNusa Tenggara cover a total areas of about 1930 ha(Darsidi, 1984). Little is known about the mangrove forest in that island, especially in Bikoen, Kupang Region.Therefore, the study has been conducted at the mangrove forest of Menipo Nature Reserve in order to analyse the structure and composition of the species.Four transects perpendicular to the coast line were used for data collection.At least, there were 12 mangrove species found in the forest, dominated by Ceriops tagal, Rhizophora stylosa and Bruguiera exaristata. Seedlings dominated the forest by 49,92%, where as the sapling were 45.43%.