Hubungan kepadatan megabentos dan padatan tersuspensi terhadap tutupan terumbu karang pada Kawasan Konservasi Pesisir dan Pulau-Pulau Kecil (KKP3K) Tapanuli Tengah, Sumatera Utara

This research was conducted in March 2022 the Marine Conservation Area, Tapanuli Tengah Sumatera Utara. study aims to determine relationship between coral cover, total suspended solid and density of megabenthos found The method used this is a survey spatial analysis tools method. Coral cover data collected using LIT (Line Intercept Transect) BBT (Benthos Belt results showed that Tengah, Utara had good percentage cover. Not all types are present at every station, highest Tridacninae, while lowest Acanthaster planci. Then it also there an effect on economic non-economic megabenthos. Total consentration area with average 8.27 mg/l. Based regression study, effec