Open AccessWater quality in the ecosystem of sea cucumber Acaudina sp. in the Delta Wulan Waters, Central of Java, Indonesia
Author(s) -
W Widianingsih,
Reni Nuraeni,
Retno Hartati,
Hadi Endrawati,
Denny Nugroho Sugianto,
Robertus Triaji Mahendrajaya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/744/1/012097
Subject(s) - sediment , salinity , benthic zone , ecosystem , environmental science , water quality , substrate (aquarium) , oceanography , range (aeronautics) , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , biology , geology , paleontology , materials science , geotechnical engineering , composite material
Sea cucumber Acaudina sp. is one of the benthic animals which has a very important role for the benthic ecosystem in a waters. One of its roles is to maintain sediment stability and is also known as a bioturbation animal. The research aims are to study the water quality in the ecosystem of sea cucumber in the Delta Wulan Waters, Demak. The research was conducted for 4 months (May, June, July and August 2020). Based on the research result, the type of substrate in the Delta Wulan Waters is silt has a range 87.4–96.70%. The salinity has a range value is 29.25 to 33.50 ppt. The value of the water temperature is 28.6–29.9 °C. The DO value has a range is 5.04–8.13 ppm. The pH value range is 6.05–7.–56. Furthermore, the average concentration of Pb in sediment has range 4.775.10 mg/kg. The average concentration of Cu in sediment has range 15.93–16.06 mg/kg. The average concentration of Cd in sediment has range 0.02–0.07 mg/kg. In the sediment, the average concentration of ortho-phosphate content has range 0.014–0.027 mg/g, nitrate has range 0.035–0.073 mg/g and chlorophyll-a has range 268-805 mg/m 2 . In conclusion, water quality in Delta Wulan Waters can still support population growth of Acaudina sp..