GASTROPOD COMMUNITIES IN SEAGRASS BEDS AT BARRANG LOMPO ISLAND, SOUTH SULAWESI

Abstract

A study of gastropod communities was done on seagrass beds around Barrang Lompo Island, South Sulawesi. Nine species of seagrasses and 81 species of gastropod were found. Diversity index ranged from 0.9575 to 1.3254 while evennes index ranged from 0.7162 to 0.9573. The value of community similarity based on the Canberra metric ranged between 0.2277 and 0.4949.