Kepadatan dan pola transport sampah laut terapung di pesisir barat perairan Teluk Ambon Luar

Abstract

Marine debris problems is an environmental problem that happens in Ambon Bay. Almost every day marine debris is seen floating and spreading along coastal waters of Ambon City. The marine debris in Ambon Bay is generally from mainland rubbish, which is intentionally discharge to beach or river body, and eventually will be carried by river inflow to coastal area, so the tides and current waters forcing the marine debris flowed to middle of coastal waters. Pattern of marine debris transport basically is influenced by the waters circulation pattern in Ambon Bay. The research purpose is to knowing density and study the transport pattern of floating marine debris (FMD) in west coast waters of Inner Ambon Bay (IAB). Using line transect method to analyze the FMD density and the trajectory method to determine transport pattern of FMD. Research result show that Hative 1 is the area with highest density of FMD and dominant type of FMD in west coast waters IAB is plastic type category as 93.44%. The transport pattern of FMD in west coast waters of IAB is strongly influenced by tides and wind forcing.