Judul: Penelusuran Keaslian Ikan Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) berdasarkan Marka Genetik COI (Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I) sebagai Dasar Pengelolaan
Abstrak: Guppy merupakan ikan air tawar hias. Variasi tinggi dalam karakter morfologi disebabkan oleh distribusi yang luas dan perkawinan silang genetik. Selain itu adanya fenomena kriptik dan kompleks spesies mengarah pada kesalahan identifikasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi karakter gen molekuler cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) pada ikan guppy (Poecilia reticulata) dari Bogor dan Bandung. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa ikan guppy Bogor dan Bandung terpisah secara genetik. Ikan guppy Bogor dan Bandung cenderung berasal dari nilai sumber genetik yang berbeda dengan jarak genetik sebesar 22,24%. Hal ini membuktikan bahwa ikan guppy Bogor dan Bandung merupakan spesies yang berbeda dari dasar gen COI.
Keyword: Gen COI, guppy, perbedaan genetik, Poecilia reticulata

Judul: Validasi Susunan Basa Nukleotida Gen COI pada Ikan Gabus (Channa striata Bloch, 1793) di Perairan Bekasi dan Bogor, Jawa Barat
Abstrak: Ikan gabus (Channa striata) merupakan ikan potensial sebagai ikan konsumsi yang produksinya masih bergantung pada tangkapan alam. Adanya alih fungsi lahan di daerah Bekasi dan Bogor, menyebabkan berkurangnya jumlah habitat dari ikan gabus. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi karakteristik molekular ikan gabus meliputi similaritas, jarak genetik, dan kekerabatan pohon filogeni. Penelitian dilakukan terhadap ikan gabus yang berasal dari dua populasi berbeda yang dikumpulkan dari Pondok Soga, Babelan, Bekasi dan Situ Citatah, Bogor. Informasi genetik didapatkan melalui metode DNA barcoding dengan parsial sekuen gen COI. Hasil identifikasi menunjukkan bahwa ikan gabus yang berasal dari perairan Bekasi dan Bogor merupakan spesies Channa striata. Analisis jarak genetik menunjukkan bahwa spesies Channa striata Bekasi dan Channa striata Bogor memiliki jarak genetik yang sangat dekat. Analisis filogeni menunjukkan adanya kelompok monofiletik, polifiletik, dan parafiletik yang terbentuk. Nilai keragaman haplotipe tinggi terdapat pada sampel Bogor, dan nilai keragaman haplotipe yang rendah terdapat pada sampel Bekasi. Kajian identifikasi molekular dengan marka gen lainnya, pengembangan budidaya, serta analisis geografis perlu dilakukan sebagai upaya pengelolaan terhadap ikan gabus.
Keyword: COI gene, nucleotide, snakehead fish, validation

Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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