Identifikasi Alga Coklat (Sargassum sp.) di Provinsi Gorontalo

Rully Tuiyo

NIKe Jurnal Ilmiah Perikanan dan Kelautan | Fisheries and Marine Scientific Journal
VOLUME 1 NOMOR 3, DESEMBER 2013

The Gorontalo province to the Northern part and South was restricted the area of the coast and sea that were big resources of fisheries nature. Some that could be developed were the cultivation of sea algae. The aim of this research was to identifity all the brown algae kind that was found in the Gorontalo Province. The method that was used that is exploration survey method to identify all the species of brown algae that were found at any area and without transect. After wards specimen were washed clean and photographed with digital camera. Result shows three different algae found either at north coast and south coast of Gorontalo Province, namely at Gentuma Village and Leato Village. The species found are: Sargassum polycystum, Sargassum cristaefolium and Sargassum cristaefolium.