Understanding biodiversity gradients through standardized sampling

116 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013

68. Understanding biodiversity gradients through standardized sampling

Tujuan Penelitian : Mengusulkan penggunaan teknik-teknik yang baru dikembangkan untuk kepentingan sampling dan menghitung keanekaragaman hayati dan metode yang melibatkan sampling seluruh organisme yang menghuni koral-koral pacilopora mati Bidang Penelitian : Biologi Kelautan Daerah Penelitian : Sumatera Barat Kep. Mentawai, Padang, Jateng, Jabar, Kep. Riau Kep. Natuna Anambas, Bali, NTB, NTT Flores dan P. Komodo, Maluku Halmahera, Sulut Manado dan Bunaken, Sulteng, Sulsel, Sultra, Kaltim, dan Kalsel Lama Penelitian : 12 dua belas bulan mulai 4 Juni 2013 Mitra Kerja : Lab Biomedik dan Biologi Molekuler Hewan, Fakultas Kedokteran Hewan Universitas Udayana Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Kade Mahardika Abstract Overview: Indonesia is the global epicenter of marine biodiversity. While this pattern is well known, it is based on a small number of marine species, namely ish, corals and snails. It is not known whether these taxa that represent a small proportion of marine biodiversity are representative of other marine groups. It is also not well understood how biodiversity assembles into communities and how that assembly might be impacted by anthropogenic stressors like pollution, nitriication, or sedimentation. A major issue with addressing these questions, above, is the lack of standardized sampling techniques that limit regional and investigator biases that minimize comparability of data sets across space and time. This project proposes to use several standardized metrics to measure marine biodiversity on coral reefs at various taxonomic scales, including 1 viruses and microbes, 2 invertebrates and 3] vertebrates. By using standardized sampling methods across diferent taxonomic groups will result in a better understanding of the processes shaping Indonesian biodiversity patterns, community assembly and how marine biodiversity may be impacted by human activities. 117 Sekretariat Perizinan Penelitian Asing Kementerian Riset dan Teknologi DIREKTORI PENELITIAN ASING DI INDONESIA 2013 Educational Framework: We do all of our research in Indonesia in a collaborative educational framework. All work will be based out of the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center in collaboration with our oicial research sponsor, Dr. I Gusti Ngurah Mahardika from Udayana University and will be governed by MOUs and MTAs with LIPI and Udayana University. The Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center was developed out of our previous research and education eforts in Indonesia, supported by a 650,000 grant from USAID. Our proposed research activities will form the basis of 3 courses taught for Indonesian students and scientists from Diponegoro University UNDIP, Udayana University UNUD, the State University of Papua UNIPA, LIPI Oceanologi, and Conservation Intel-national Indonesia. These courses include 1 Scientiic Diving, 2 Marine Biodiversity Survey’s, and 3 Marine Ecology. Approximately 12-16 Indonesian students from UNUD, UNDIP, UNIPA, LIPI, KKP, and CI will participate in training activities each year. This project is scheduled to last for 5 years supported by NSF award OISIi 1243541. Additional educational activities will be supported by a new USAID gram Cooperative Agreement No. AID-497-A-00-10-00008, providing the opportunity for 4-6 students will have the opportunity to continue their training for periods of 3-4 months at UCLA andor the Smithsonian Institution in the United States over the course of this project.

68.1 Dr. Paul Henry Barber