Electronic Theses and Dissertation

ABSTRAK
Pandemi Covid-19 sudah tersebar sangat luas dan mengakibatkan banyak korban meninggal dunia. Pencegahan Covid-19 salah satunya mengonsumsi makanan yang dapat meningkatkan sistem imun seperti zinc, zat besi dan magnesium. Kandungan tersebut diketahui terdapat pada Bivalvia. Pemanfaatan Bivalvia sebagai bentuk pencegahan Covid-19 dapat menyebabkan keberadaannya terus berkurang apabila tidak dilakukan upaya manajemen habitat dan konservasi. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi ekologi Bivalvia dan identifikasi keberadaan bahan pemicu ketahanan tubuh menghadapi pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini dilakukan di kawasan ekosistem mangrove Kecamatan Kuta Raja, sedangkan analisis kandungan bahan pemicu ketahanan tubuh dilakukan di Laboratorium Baristand Banda Aceh. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan metode survey. Penentuan stasiun dan titik pengamatan secara purposive samping yang mengkombinasikan metode transek garis dan transek kuadrat, selanjutnya pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara destructive sampling. Analisis data jenis spesies dilakukan secara deskriptif kualitatif dan analisis kandungan pemicu ketahanan tubuh dengan menggunakan alat AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrofotometer). Hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan diketahui bahwa terdapat 431 individu yang berasal dari 15 spesies Bivalvia dengan kelimpahan tertinggi Saccostrea cucullata B. Kawasan tersebut memiliki indeks keanekaragaman sedang dan indeks kemerataan yang tinggi, indeks dominansi yang diperoleh termasuk kategori rendah serta pola sebaran Bivalvia bersifat mengelompok. Kandungan zinc, zat besi dan magnesium yang memadai dan sesuai dengan kadar yang dibutuhkan tubuh setiap harinya untuk meningkatkan daya tahan tubuh menghadapi pandemi Covid-19 terdapat pada Bivalvia jenis Meretrix casta G., dengan kandungan zinc, zat besi dan magnesium masing-masing adalah 12,23 mg/kg, 3,60 mg/kg, 185,80 mg/kg.

Kata Kunci: Studi Ekologi Bivalvia, Bahan Pemicu Ketahanan Tubuh, Covid-19.

ABSTRACT The covid-19 pandemic has spread widely and has resulted in many deaths. One of the ways to prevent Covid-19 is to eat foods that can boost the immune system, such as zinc, iron and magnesium. This content is known to be found in Bivalves. The use of Bivalves as a prevention of Covid-19 can cause availability to continue to decrease if habitat management and conservation efforts are not carried out. Consequently, this research aims to discover the ecology study on Bivalves and also to identify the presence of the immune booster material to cope with the Covid-19 Pandemic. This study took a place in the area of mangrove ecosystem in Kuta Raja, Banda Aceh. Whereas, the analysis of immune booster material is conducted in the Baristand Laboratory in Banda Aceh. The method used in this study is the survey method. Station determination and observing point using purposive sampling which combined both the line and degree transect methods, further the sampling was conducted by destructive sampling. The data analysis on species type was carried out in qualitative descriptive and the analysis on the content of immune booster by using AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer). The result obtained from the study showed that there are 431 individuals from 15 species of Bivalves with Saccostrea cucullate B., as the highest abundance. The research area has a moderate diversity index and a high uniformity index, the dominance index obtained is in a low category and the distribution pattern of Bivalves is clustered. The adequate content of zinc, iron, and magnesium and suitable for the level that the body needs daily to increase the body immune to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic is found in Bivalves type of Meretrix casta G. which the zinc, iron, and magnesium contents for each 12,23 mg/kg, 3,60 mg/kg, 185,80 mg/kg. Keywords: Bivalves Ecology study, Immune booster material, Covid-19.