Abundance and Distribution of Macroalgae in the Nusa Tenggara and Their Effect on Algae Blooms

Biology Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Maritime Raja Ali Haji, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: triwidyaedelwis@gmail.com

Abstract

Macroalgae is a primary component of coastal biodiversity that is beneficial in protecting the balance of marine ecosystems. Macroalgae is a biological resource that is quite abundant in our country Indonesia, one of which is in the waters of Nusa Tenggara. Exploration of macroalgae diversity has been conducted in Nusa Tenggara waters. Referring to this, this article aims to assess the types of macroalgae distributed and whether there are algae blooming events around the waters of Nusa Tenggara. The method used in this article is a literature review by reviewing a number of articles used as references. The steps in analyzing a number of information obtained from 30 or more related articles are: 1) Search for several articles from national and international journals that are relevant to the title of the article topic. 2) Analyzing the content of each article that has been found. 3) The results of the analysis are used as a reference in the preparation of this article. The result that the author of the article got was to find out a number of dominant algae in Nusa Tenggara waters that caused algae blooming which became a destroyer of aquatic ecosystems.