Evaluasi Penggunaan Alat Pemecah Ombak (APO) Bambu sebagai Pelindung Lamun (Enhalus acoroides) yang Ditransplantasi di Pantai Labakkang Kabupaten Pangkep

Wave attenuation divice made from bamboo (APO bambu) has been widely used to protect mangrove transplantation area from waves and currents. The use of APO bambu to protect seagrass, however, has not been done much so that one of the main objectives of this study was to evaluate the use of APO bambu to protect transplanted seagrass in the Labakkang Coast. Seagrass Enhalus acoroides transplantation experiments were conducted on the sites protected by APO bambu and non protected area using three transplantation methods (staple, plug, and frame/TERFS) to find best transplantation method which produced high transplant survival rate. Vegetatif shoots (sprigs) of E. acoroides were collected from a healthy donor bed located nearby the plantation site; and planted into unvegetated areas. Test-transplant survival was assesed every two weeks for three months. Transplant planted using the three different planting methods showed significantly different susrvival rates. Among the three planting methods examined, the frame method resulted in the highest transplant survival rates both on the site protected by APO bambu (100%) and non protected site (92,5%). The survival rate of seagrass protected by APO bambuwas not significantly different from those on the non protected site indicating that APO bambu as a wave attenuation device used in this study was less effective in protecting the seagrass transplants