The Composition of Mollusks in Mangrove Ecosystem

Conservation Area Bagek Kembar, West Lombok

DA Candri1, LH Sani1, H Ahyadi1, B Farista1, A Virgota1

1
Universitas Mataram, Mataram, Indonesia

E-mail: aidilch@unram.ac.id

Abstract. Mangrove association mollusks was one of the indicator to describe the status of
mangrove ecosystem’s health. This research aimed to analyze the condition of mangrove
rehabilitation based on the composition of association mollusks compared with mangrove area
which had natural succession. It held on July 2019 at mangrove conservation area Bagek Kembar,
West Lombok. Data collection method used stratified random sampling by placed some plots sized
1x1 m randomly in a larger plot (10x10 m) which have been determine before. The result showed
that there are 22 species of association mollusks which belong to 11 families found in both
locations. The abundance of mollusks in natural and rehabilitation mangrove was different which
is in a row 50.2647 ind/𝑚2 and 88.4 ind/𝑚2 . Cerithidea cingulata has the highest abundance
among the other species with the number of abundance 48.8 ind/m2 in natural ecosystem and reach
29.17 ind/𝑚2 in rehabilitation area. Based on this research, the condition of mangrove
conservation Bagek Kembar still categorized as non-stable condition for supporting the survival
of associated mollusks

1. Introduction
Monitoring of the current condition of rehabilitation mangrove need to be conducted to determine
the succession of our effort to restoration the ecosystem

can be conducted by studying the composition of association fauna such as Mollusks in these
area.

a) Station 1; b) station 2

2. Method
 This research conducted on July – August 2019 at Mangrove Conservation Area, Bagek Kembar,
West Lombok by comparing plantation (station 1) and natural succession area (station 2). Data
collection method used stratified random sampling by placing some plots sized 1 x 1 m randomly
in a larger plot (10 x 10 m) which have been determine before [1][2][3]. Identification of
mollusks used reference (Abbott and Dance, 1998)[4].

3. Results and Discussion

There are 24 species of mollusk discovered which belong to 13 families. It has different
abundance each species shows at the graphic below:
 Mollusks abundance in station 1

Nassarius olivaceus 0.039

Melanoides sp. 0.029
Nerita histiroa 0.0098
Littorina carinifera 4.147
Littorina lutea 0.029
Littorina scabra 0.156
Platevindex sp. 0.0002
abundance
Batillaria zonalis 0.137
Terebralia sulcata 0.049
Terebralia palustris 1.235
Telscopium sp. 0.589
Cassidula nucleus 0.215
Cerithium coralium 0.147
Assiminea lutea 2.784
Cerithidea quoyii 12.078
Cerithidea cingulata 29.176

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
abundance of species (ind/m2)

Mollusks abundance in Station 2

Isognomon alatus 0.9

Melanoides sp. 0.033
Himnoea tenera 0.166
Nerita histiroa 0.05
Nerita planospira 0.05
Littorina carinifera 3.083 Species natural succession
Littorina lutea 0.2
Littorina scabra 0.233
Elysa sp. 1.1
Platevindex sp. 0.233
Batillaria zonalis 0.55
Zeacuman sp. 0.016
Terebralia sulcata 1.1
Terebralia palustris 0.6
Telescopium sp. 1.183
Cerithidea quoyii 14.9
Cerithidea cingulata 48.8
Cassidula nucleus 0.616
Melampus sp. 0.183
Cerithium coralium 1.416
Assiminea lutea 13.133

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
abundance of species (ind/m2)
Total abundance of mollusks was higher in station 2 by reaching 88.4 ind/m2, meanwhile
station 1 gaining 50.264 ind/m2. Mangrove vegetation and environmental condition may have the
biggest role which caused these differentiation. Menawhile, diversity index (H’) of both station
categorized as medium level.
 4. Conclusion
There are 22 species of mollusks found in mangrove conservation area Bagek Kembar, West
Lombok which belong to 13 families and categorized as medium diversity (H’). Natural
succession area has the higher abundance of mollusks with 88.4 ind/ m2 meanwhile the
rehabilitation area reached 50.264 ind/ m2. Mangrove vegetation and environmental condition
may have the biggest role which caused these differences.

Referensi

[1] Ernanto RF Agustriani and R Aryawati 2010 Maspari Journal 1 (2) pp 73 – 78.
[2] Fitriana YR 2006 Biodiversitas 7 (1) pp 67 – 72
[3] Baderan DWK MS Hamidun R Utina S Rahim and R Dali 2019 Biodiversitas 20 (4) pp 987 - 993
[4] Abbott RT and SP Dance 1998 Compendium of Seashells (USA: Odyssey Publishing)