Open AccessKarakteristik Total Padatan Tersuspensi (Total Suspended Solid) Dan Kekeruhan (Turbidity) Secara Vertikal Di Perairan Teluk Benoa, Bali
Author(s) -
I Gede Hendrawan,
Devi Uniluha,
I Putu Ranu Fajar Maharta
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of marine and aquatic science/journal of marine and aquatic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-7103
pISSN - 2302-8114
DOI - 10.24843/jmas.2016.v2.i01.29-33
Subject(s) - bay , turbidity , estuary , seawater , environmental science , oceanography , water quality , suspended solids , total suspended solids , water column , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , environmental engineering , ecology , biology , wastewater , geotechnical engineering , chemical oxygen demand
Benoa bay is one of estuary that located in the Southern part of Bali Island, and as a strategic tourism destination. The increased of the human activity has an important role to give an ecological pressure for the seawater ecosystem in the Benoa bay. Total suspended solid (TSS) and turbidity is one of the important indicators that could be determining the quality of the seawater. As the estuary, Benoa bay received fresh water from the river discharge that also potentially carries any material to the bay. In addition, port activity is also has an important role in contributing a various material to the Benoa bay. From this research, we found that the TSS concentration and the turbidity are higher in the surface water and also in the bottom layer. TSS concentration and the turbidity also varied from the bay mouth trough the line of vessel onto the inner of bay. TSS concentration and turbidity in the bay mouth has a smaller concentration rather than in the inner part of bay. TSS concentration and turbidity in the inner of bay could be caused by the port activity. In addition, seawater circulation is also has an importan factor to contributing the TSS concentration and the turbidity. Sea current would be erroted the seabottom and with the different shape of the topography could be increased the TSS and turbidity.