Coral disease on fungiidae at Sop Island, Sorong, Papua Barat

Abstract

This research is located at Sop Island, Sorong, West Papua. The data was collected using the Belt Transect method, stretching a line for 50 meters with a width of vision for 2.5 meters to the left and 2.5 meters to the right. The depth of the transect is 5 meters, recorded all genera from Family Fungiidae. Five genera were found on The Sop Island, namely Ctenactis, Fungia, Herpolitha, Polyphyllia, and Sandalolitha, but only Ctenactis, Fungia, and Sandalolitha were found on the three sites of observation. Fungia is the most abundant genera found at Sop Island. So, however, the study also found many unhealthy symptoms that infected Fungia. Of the three observation sites, six categories of unhealthy coral are found: Tissue Loss - non-predation - Coloured Band Disease, Tissue Discoloration - White, Tissue Discoloration non-white, Compromised Health Growth Anomalies, and Unknown. The most common categories infected with the Fungiidae at Sop Island are Tissue Loss - non-predation - Coloured Band Disease, Tissue Discoloration - White. Agonizingly, researchers found coral disease at every site.

Distribution of Coral Diseases and Compromised Health Abundance in The Eastern Coastal Water of Kei Besar Island, Southeast Maluku

“…According to [6], FBL, a type of multifocal coral bleaching that affects an entire coral colony, is a sign of the early stages of AtN and UWS diseases. FBL can be brought on by sedimentation, environmental stresses, and bacterial infections [8]. FBL may occur from the feeding behaviour of numerous fish species such as Exallias brevis and Lutjanus unilineatus, and it can also lead to multifocal bleaching lesions with living coral tissue.…”

“…Diseases and compromised health in hard corals can occur naturally without human intervention, as well as in waters with good coral reef ecosystem management [7]. Several factors can influence the diseases and compromised health that infect hard corals naturally, including turbidity, light intensity, sedimentation, and water current speed [8]. Nevertheless, several cases have shown that anthropogenic activities can have a more profound effect on the spread of diseases and compromised health in coral reefs [2].…”