Judul: Grazing rate of grasss carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) and growth rate of waterhyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as a basic for waterhyacinth controling in Limboto Lake, Gorontalo.
Abstrak: Limboto is a swampy lake type which located in Gorontalo, covering about 2,900 ha, with 1-5 m depth (an average 2 m). In 1994, 35% of the lake surface had been covered by water hyacinth as aquatic weed and increased to 60% in 2006. This condition affected aquatic ecosystem quality such as decreased water productivity, reduce the fish production, and increasing lake sedimentation. Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) has been known as biological control agent for water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). The first objective of this research is to describe the relationship between grass carp stocking density and the grazing rate of water hyacinth plant by grass carp; and then their impact to the water quality. Research was conducted in the laboratory of Faculty of Mathematics and Life Sciences, Gorontalo State University in November to December 2009. The Complete Block Design was created using four treatments and three replications. The treatments comprised of fish stocking density by 2, 4, 8 and 16 individuals respectively (the fish size is 9 grams individual-1). 200 grams of water hyacinth were used as food of fish on the plastic bags with 50 litres size aquarium. The results showed that 4 fish stocking density was the best treatment with the rates fish growth length is 0.072 mm day-1 and 10 % weight day-1, 24.4 Food Convertion Ratio and 24 % weight day-1 Food Consumtion. Fish grazing is highest (1.39 gram day-1) and significantly difference with the other treatments based on the analysis of variance on 95% accuracy. Water quality and plankton abundance was change during observation, but will be recovering to normal in the end of the research.The second objective of this research is to describe the grazing rate effect of grass carp to water hyacinth growth in the Limboto Lake. Cage culture media were used in the Random Completed Design experiment with 10 kg of water hyacinth planted in every media. Three stocking density treatments with three replications (100, 200, and 400 individual grass carp) and one control without grass carp treatment were applied to the experiment. The results showed that stocking density with 200 individual of grass carp was most effective for controlling water hyacinth growth, with 2.9 weight day-1 , 110.72 Food Convertion Ratio, 321% weight day-1 Food Consumtion, 15% mortality, decreasing 40 % of water hyacinth coverage area or equal to 13.9 m2, and increasing the phytoplankton productivity 6.8 mg C m-3day-1 at the end of the experiment (after 2 month).
Keyword: grasss carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, growth rate, waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, Limboto Lake, Gorontalo

Judul: Peranan Eceng Gondok Eichornia crassipes sebagai Fitoremediator di Media Budidaya Ikan Gurami Osphronemus goramy Lac. Ukuran 3 cm dalam Wadah Terkontrol
Abstrak: Production improvement of goramy fry (Osphronemus goramy Lac.) in controlled containers through phytoremediation using aquatic plant Water Hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) was performed in order to determine the optimum stocking density of water hyacinth on productivity performance of goramy fry. Goramy fry was reared for 30 days in 49 x 30 x 32 cm sized aquarium with stocking density of 6 fish/ liters in 33 liters of water with water hyacinth stocking density treatments of 45 g, 90 g, 135 g, and 0 g as control. The results showed that addition of 135 g of water hyacinth was able to give significant effects on survival rate at 97,83%, absolute length growth of 0,99%, specific growth rate of 3,6%, and lower feed conversion ratio at 4,35.
Keyword: goramy fry (Osphronemus goramy Lac.), water hyacinth Eichornia crassipes, phytoremediation

Judul: Transisi Fasa Materi Hadronik ke Materi Kuark pada Inti Bintang Neutron.
Abstrak: Bintang neutron terdiri dari beberapa lapisan yang disusun oleh materi nuklir yang berbeda dengan kerapatan yang semakin tinggi ketika mendekati pusat bintang. Inti luar bintang neutron disusun oleh materi hadronik (nukleon, lepton, dan hyperon), sedangkan inti dalam bintang neutron disusun oleh kuark-kuark bebas (up, down, strange) yang saling berinteraksi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mempelajari bagaimana transisi dari inti luar ke inti dalam bintang neutron dengan menggunakan pendekatan RMF (Relativistic Mean Field) untuk materi hadronik dan CIDDM (Confined Isospin Density Dependent Mass) untuk materi kuark. Tekanan transisi diperoleh ketika potensial kimia barion materi hadronik dan materi kuark bernilai sama. Nilai tekanan transisi dengan parameter SU6-TM1 sekitar 87 MeV/fm3 dan diperoleh massa maksimum bintang neutron yaitu 1.92M dengan jari-jari sekitar 8.62 km. Nilai tekanan transisi dengan parameter SU6-G2 sekitar 53 MeV/fm3 dan massa maksimum bintang neutron yaitu 1.88M dengan jari-jari sekitar 8.16 km. Jenis transisi fasa adalah orde satu ditandai dengan diskontinuitas dalam kerapatan energi (adanya mixed phase). Parameter-parameter pada model nuklir yang digunakan menyebabkan perbedaan kekakuan persamaan keadaan (EOS) dari materi hadronik dan materi kuark sehingga nilai tekanan transisi dari fasa hadronik ke fasa kuark juga berbeda.
Keyword: bintang neutron, persamaan keadaan, transisi fasa