Judul: Development model for regional conservation of coastal and small islands: case study of Weda Bay.
Abstrak: A study on development model for regional conservation in the coastal and small islands of Weda Bay, Regency Central Halmahera, Province North Maluku was conducted from June to November 2012. The objectives of the study were 1) to assess and identify existing ecosystem and natural resources there in; 2) to analyze the suitability of conservation area for marine fisheries ecotourism; 3) to analyze assimilative capacity and carrying capacity for environmental utilization; and 4) to analyze structural institution model based on tourism demand, marine fisheries ecotourism, and the sustainability of coastal and small islands in Weda Bay. Analyses performed for this study were 1) toponymy analysis, based on species identification, diversity, and lifeform; 2) conservation criteria, suitability matrices, and spatial analysis; 3) assimilative thresholds and carrying capacity for environment and utilization; 4) Travel Cost Method (TCM), Interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM) and Rapfish. From this study, there are 28 uninhabited islands, 6 families of mangroves, 10 species of seagrass, 14 types of lifeform with dominant reef feature of fringing and barrier, while bottom feature consisted of slopes and drop offs. To accommodate both conservation and economic development, mangrove area should be developed for ecotourism purpose. Assimilative capacity in this study indicated that several chemical parameters were under threshold limits for mariculture, port, and tourism development. Carrying capacity for marine fisheries ecotourism indicated that dominant use should directed to mangrove tourism. Finally, development model for supporting increased tourist visits to study area should consider travel cost and tourist income according to country of origin. Institutional management for coastal and small islands should incorporate government, tourists and university, in order to promote sustainable development for tourism and natural resource production. For supporting local fish-based product, fisherman, and capture fishery capitalization, there should be regulation in setting market price, fishery resource management, regional investment regulation, and consistent applied policy. Optimal sustainability for development of coastal and small islands in Weda Bay is possible when improvements are applied to ecology, economy, socio-culture, and institutional dimension.
Keyword: assessment, identification, conservation, zonation, marine fisheries ecotourism, carrying capacity, interpretative structural model

Judul: Tunda Island Marine Tourism Development Strategy with Coastal Resources Natural Resources Approach, Serang Regency, Banten.
Abstrak: Tunda Island is a small island that has accessible resources, inaccessible resources, and environmental services that are potential for development in the marine and fisheries sector. Ecosystem environmental services are utilized in tourism activities with the concept of ecotourism. The development of ecotourism has been going on for decades worldwide, especially in tropical areas with coastal assets such as corals, mangroves and beaches. Information in the form of suitability studies and strategies for the use of mangrove ecosystems, coral reefs and beaches as objects of ecotourism needs to be examined to see if natural resources have not been used effectively and optimally as tourist objects. The suitability study needs to be accompanied by a study of each regional activity carrying capacity to maintain the sustainability of natural resources. The methods used in collecting ecological data are water passes for slope beaches, transect quadrat and spot check to identify mangrove, Underwater Photo Transect (UPT) for identifying coral reefs, and Underwater Visual Census (UVC) for identifying reef fish. The collection of economic data is carried out on tourists, while the collection of social data is carried out to several stakeholders organized both at the local community level, up to the province of Banten. To formulate the Tunda Island marine tourism development plan, it used spatial analysis, carrying capacity analysis, economic analysis, and strategy analysis are used using the Hierarchy Process Analysis (AHP). The tourism potential that can be developed is the potential for beach tourism, mangrove tourism potential, snorkeling tourism potential and diving tourism potential. The carrying capacity of beach tourism is 776 people/day, mangrove tourism is 80 people/day, snorkeling tours are 562 people/day and diving tours are 587 people/day. The economic value of willingness to pay by tourists or Willingness to Pay (WTP) is IDR 21 056 198 per year. The key stakeholders of Tunda Island marine tourism are Dinas Kelautan dan Perikanan (DKP) Banten Province and Kelompok Sadar Wisata (POKDARWIS) Tunda Island. The marine tourism development strategy of Tunda Island was arranged using AHP analysis. Developing the marine tourism strategy of Tunda Island was based on ecosystem management priorities by improving the ecosystem, considering carrying capacity, conducting rehabilitation, monitoring and evaluation of ecosystems, improving infrastructure facilities, increasing capacity and empowering communities, integrated management between stakeholders and improving facilities and infrastructure.
Keyword: Carrying capacity, Suitability of tourism, Tunda Island

Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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