Judul: Intersepsi Hujan dan Pengaruhnya terhadap Pemindahan Energi dan Massa pada Hutan Tropika Basah Studi Kasus Taman Nasional Lore Lindu
Abstrak: ABDUL RAUF Rainfall Interception and Effects to Energy and Mass Transfer in Tropical Rainforest “Case Study in Lore Lindu National Park” under Supervision Committee of HIDAYAT PAWITAN, CECEP KUSMANA, TANIA JUNE and GODE GRAVENHORST Field observation of this research was conducted from June 2005 – May 2007 in tropical rainforest at Lore Lindu National Park Central Sulawesi. The main objectives of this research were to study (i) the relationships between interception loss and rainfall properties and vegetation characters and to determine the dominant factors affected (ii) the effect of rainfall interception on energy flux and mass transfer and (iii) the dynamics of vertical energy flux under the forest and grass land. Rainfall interception was 36.34 % of the gross rainfall with 200 rain days, Depth rainfall and LAI factors had strong effects on rainfall interception. The relationships could be expressed as Ic=0,99+0,24P+0,04LAI (R2 = 0.78). The output of this equation was compared with Gash model and the observation value showed that deviation of the equation was 1 % and less than Gash model, so that equation gave as good result as Gash model gave. By considering the data requirements and calculation procedures it was concluded that this equation is applicable for interception prediction. Land use type had effects on radiative and energy balance. Net radiation (Rn) in the forest was 10.66 MJ/m2/day and higher than in the grass land where incident global radiation was similar. Vertical latent heat flux in the forest was 9.53 MJ/m2/day or 89.40% Rn in rainy day and 8.41 MJ/m2/day or 74.56 % Rn in dry day, on the other hand, in the grass land, sensible heat flux was higher than latent heat flux of all weather condition. Direct effect of rainfall interception on energy flux and mass transfer it is needed latent heat 9.0 MJ/m2/rainy day to evaporate the rain intercepted 3.69 mm/rainy day. Effect of rainfall interception had positive correlation with latent heat flux and the negative correlation with sensible heat flux. key word :rainfall interception, energy and mass transfer and tropical rainforest
Keyword: Rainfall interception, Mass transfer, Tropical rainforest, Stability of rainforest margin (STORMA)

Judul: Energy and water balance around the Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi
Abstrak: Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP) area, Central Province experienced conversion problems from forest to agricultural area. This conversion caused the change in the condition of local climate, energy and water balance of the location. In the frame to dissolve this problem, project of STORMA (Stability Rain Forest Margins) has conducted on of the research aspects in energy and water balance which could give quantitative information in the effort to stabilize LLNP area.
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Judul: Pengklonan gen VP28 Penyandi Viral Protein-28 dari virus white spot syndrome sebagai langkah awal produksi vaksin rekombinan udang penaeid
Abstrak: Usaha produksi udang dalam negeri saat ini sedang mengalami kendala akibat serangan penyakit white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) pada jenis udang windu (Penaeus monodon). WSSV yang termasuk virus DNA berukuran besar dapat menginfeksi udang dan berbagai jenis crustaceae lainnya. Virus ini merupakan patogen yang sangat ganas dan paling serius menyerang udang. Serangannya begitu cepat, sangat sulit dihentikan dan dapat mematikan 100% udang peliharaan dalam waktu 3-10 hari setelah munculnya gejala klinis. Serangan virus ini juga telah menghancurkan industri udang di berbagai negara. Infeksi WSSV ditandai dengan adanya bintik putih atau bercak putih pada eksoskeleton dan epidermis terutama pada bagian karapas udang. Hingga saat ini belum ada cara tradisionalyang efektif mencegah dan menanggulangi penyakit ini.
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